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Swarm combines the scalable software-defined object storage of Swarm Storage with the components to support diverse implementations:
Swarm Cluster Installer - Browser-based installation utility for vCenter environment
Swarm Cluster Services - Cluster for configuration and storage node deployment
Storage Cluster - Cluster for Swarm storage nodes
Elasticsearch - Cluster for search and historical metrics, with DataCore-specific customization via an RPM
Content Gateway - Gateway for cloud-based client access (S3)
Storage UI - Website for storage cluster management
Content UI - Website for cloud content management
SwarmFS - Optional connector for NFS clients
Swarm 15.3.1 - Updated October 2023
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.3.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 7.17.9, 7.1.0 | 7.10.7 | 7.10 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
Enhanced Static IP Support: Support for static IPs is further enhanced, with the ability to set specific addresses manually via SCS.
Removed Volume Limitation: Removed a limitation on the number of volumes that a Swarm storage node could serve.
Safari Support: Support for Safari has been added in the Content UI.
Swarm 15.3 - Updated August 2023
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.3 | 1.5.1 | 2.6 | 7.17.9, 7.1.0 | 7.10.6 | 7.9.1 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
Improved Stability: Improved CPU utilization in dense cluster storage nodes will reduce spontaneous process restarts and other instabilities.
Elasticsearch Upgrade: Swarm Storage 15.3 requires upgrading Elasticsearch to 7.17.9. The Elasticsearch cluster's rolling upgrade can be done before or after upgrading to Storage 15.3.
Retention Policies: Fixed an issue where updates to retention policies that failed, typically due to network-related issues, could result in the loss of the object.
Support for Static IP Addresses: When used in conjunction with Swarm Storage 15.3, SCS by default supports the use of statically allocated IP addresses.
Improved Support: Improved support for booting large clusters via SCS.
Swarm 15.2 Update 3 - Updated June 2023
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.2.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.5 | 7.9.1 | 3.4.1 | 3.2 |
Browser Support: Improved browser support for recent implementations of popover API.
Swarm 15.2 Update 2 - Updated May 2023
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.2.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.5 | 7.9.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Performance Improvement: Improved S3 listing performance when no prefix is specified.
Swarm 15.2 Update 1 - Updated April 2023
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.2.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.4 | 7.9.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Cluster Stability: Improved cluster stability while setting a replication or s3 backup push threads too high.
Rapid Deletes: Fixed an over-utilization issue of an Elasticsearch resource related to rapid deletes.
Swarm 15.2 - Updated March and April 2023
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.2.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.3, 7.10.4 | 7.8, 7.9 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Performance Improvement: Improved GET performance, which is 10% better than the previous release.
S3 Multi-Delete: Improved handling of S3 multi-delete operations performed via the Gateway.
HTTPS Support: Push/pull cloud data migration supports HTTPS.
SOSAPI: Gateway now implements the SOSAPI that was introduced in Veeam version 12.
Swarm 15.1 - Updated January 2023
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.1.0 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.2 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Hardening and Bug Fixes: For customers using backup solutions with Swarm.
Swarm 15.0 Update 2 - Updated December 2022
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.0.1 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.2 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
S3 Bucket Location: Added the ability to set the S3 bucket region on both an individual bucket and default basis.
Swarm 15.0 Update 1 - Updated November 2022
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.0.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.1 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Versioned Objects Reclaim: Fixed an issue with EC versioned objects where they could become erroneously unavailable.
Node Instability: Addressed a cause of node instability introduced due to EC conversions and consolidations.
Swarm 15.0 - Updated September 2022
Storage | SCS | SCI | ES, Search | Gateway | Content UI | Storage UI | SwarmFS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15.0 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 7.5.2, 7.0.5 | 7.10.1 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
Optional Multicast: Configure the storage cluster via the Storage Cluster Services (SCS 1.4) for not using multicast for inter-node communication.
Improved Performance: Depending on loads and hardware, customers can experience a performance improvement for the small object (<1Mb) read and write operations.
SCS Upgrade: SCS 1.4 supports upgrading from previous releases.
Grafana Dashboards: New versions of public DataCore dashboards are published on grafana.com. The dashboards have links to each other on the top navigation bar: