It is a programming model and framework for writing applications that rapidly process large amounts of data in parallel on large clusters of computing nodes.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Better security.
· HBase (append/hsynch/hflush, and security).
· webhdfs (with full support for security).
· Performance enhanced access to local files for HBase.
· Other performance enhancements, bug fixes, and features.