Apache HBase 2.6.0 is now available for download

The HBase team is happy to announce the immediate availability of HBase
2.6.0.

Apache HBase™ is an open-source, distributed, versioned, non-relational
database.
Apache HBase gives you low latency random access to billions of rows with
millions of columns atop non-specialized hardware. To learn more about
HBase,
see https://hbase.apache.org/.

HBase 2.6.0 is the 1st release in the HBase 2.6.x line, which aims to
improve the stability and reliability of HBase. This release includes
roughly
560 resolved issues not covered by previous 2.x releases.

Notable new features include:

• Built-in support for full and incremental backups
• Built-in support for TLS encryption and authentication
• Erasure Coding support
• Various improvements to Quotas

The full list of issues can be found here:

CHANGELOG: https://downloads.apache.org/hbase/2.6.0/CHANGES.md
RELEASENOTES: https://downloads.apache.org/hbase/2.6.0/RELEASENOTES.md

or via our issue tracker:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/HBASE/versions/12350930

To download please follow the links and instructions on our website:

https://hbase.apache.org/downloads.html

Question, comments, and problems are always welcome at:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Thanks to all who contributed and made this release possible.

Cheers,
The HBase Dev Team