Version

Release Date

Description

4.0

March   24, 2026

1. Support for the free edition.

2. Support for configuring server memory usage parameters for  the HBlock service.

3. Support for suspending cloud LUNs.

4. Support for setting extended attributes of local LUNs via   API.

5. Support for configuring authentication methods.

3.10

September   25, 2025

1. Support target access permissions to implement permission  management for clients and targets.

2. Support backup, generate data backup files independent of   source LUNs based on snapshots.

3. Support for QoS policy to regulate traffic in terms of bandwidth and IOPS.

3.9

April   21, 2025

1. Support for snapshot functionality to achieve rapid data backup and recovery.

2. Support for LUN cloning, for scenarios such as data replication and testing/validation.

3.8

February   14, 2025

1. Update API signature method to enhance security.

2. Cloud LUNs support uploading data to   S3-compatible object storage.

3. Support for setting the data storage directory of base services.

4. Add reclaim policy for targets, supporting automatic deletion after disassociation from LUNs.

5. Add performance parameter adjustment for scenarios such as  intelligent computing, virtualization, and high-sensitivity scenarios.

6. Support for setting redundancy overlap, allowing data copies/fragments to be placed in the same fault domain.

3.7

August   8, 2024

1. Support for configuring cluster topology.

2. Support for creating and managing multiple storage pools.

3. Support for room and rack level fault domains.

4. Support for setting cache pool for LUNs.

5. Support for base service migration.

3.6

June   3, 2024

1. Support for uploading data from backend storage to OOS for storage LUNs and cache LUNs.

2. Hardware and HBlock monitoring data now support integration with Prometheus.

3. Optimize read/write performance.

4.  Support for Loongson servers.

3.5

March   4, 2024

1. Support for server and disk path level fault domains, and disk-level data services.

2. Support for specifying installation nodes for base   services.

3. Support for capacity quota of the disk path, setting the maximum amount of data that HBlock can write.

4. Support for targets to be discovered and connected by multiple clients.

5. Support for setting the minimum number of write replicas  for LUNs to improve data write security.

6. Expand erasure coding (EC) N+M support range to satisfy   N+M   <= 128.

3.4

July   12, 2023

1. LUN connections support one primary with multiple backups,  improving business availability.

2. Support for IPv6 environments.

3. Provide a one-page Dashboard overview.

4. Support for querying CHAP passwords via command line.

3.3

December   23, 2022

Support   for safely removing servers.

3.2

September   26,   2022

1. Add "Basic Concepts" to the "Product Overview" chapter.

2. Expand monitoring items to broaden coverage.

3. Support for alarm and log management.

4. Support for system events in the Events section.

5. Add to the "Appendix" chapter: HBlock Service, System Event List, Monitoring Metrics, and Alarm List.

3.1

June   14, 2022

1. Support for multiple disk paths in standalone mode.

2. Support for specifying servers when creating targets in cluster mode, and support target migration.

3. Support for recording and querying user events.

3.0

January   18, 2022

1. Change command line to non-interactive mode.

2. Support for WEB and API calling methods.

3. LUN operations: Support for setting LUN high availability types and LUN write policies.

2.1

August   27, 2021

1. Support for ARM servers.

2. Software license: Display allowed capacity when viewing licenses.

3. LUN operations: Support for LUN active/standby switchover,   i.e., switching between ACTIVE target and STANDBY target for LUNs.

2.0

May   28, 2021

1. Support for cluster deployment.

2. Support for multi-replica and erasure coding (EC) data  redundancy.