The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache Cassandra version 5.0-beta1.
Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right choice when you need scalability and high availability without compromising performance. Downloads of source and binary distributions are listed in our download section: http://cassandra.apache.org/download/ This version is a beta release[1] on the 5.0 series. As always, please pay attention to the release notes[2] and let us know[3] if you were to encounter any problem. Please note what our definition of a beta release means, further info at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CASSANDRA/Release+Lifecycle For more information on what's in 5.0: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/Apache-Cassandra-5.0-Moving-Toward-an-AI-Driven-Future.html Enjoy! [1]: CHANGES.txt https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-5.0-beta1/CHANGES.txt [2]: NEWS.txt https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/cassandra-5.0-beta1/NEWS.txt [3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA
