Patch 3 released for CloudByte ElastiStor 1.4

Today, CloudByte announced the release of Patch 3 for ElastiStor. The post summarizes the updates from the release.

What’s new in Patch 3?

Hardware-based encryption/ Support for self-encrypting drives (SEDs)-
The new release of ElastiStor introduces a hardware-level disk encryption by supporting the self-encrypting drives. Encryption workload is moved to the drive instead of the processor. This improves the system performance.

Space reclamation-
On deletion of files on the Client file systems (Ext4/NTFS), you can reclaim space on the thin provisioned iSCSI LUNs. This is achieved by supporting the SCSI UNMAP CDB. To know how to enable the feature, see Enabling space reclamation feature.

To read more about the Release, see Release Notes

How to upgrade?

Today’s build number is 1.4.0.528, and you can download it from our download page.

Some useful links:

• Install ElastiStor: http://www.docs.cloudbyte.com/install/
• Upgrade ElastiStor: http://www.docs.cloudbyte.com/upgrading-to-cloudbyte-elastistor-P3
• Configuring ElastiStor: http://www.docs.cloudbyte.com/configuring-cloudbyte-elastistor/
• What’s new in Patch 3: http://www.docs.cloudbyte.com/whats-new-in-elastistor-Patch3

If you have any questions or find any issues with Patch 3, you can email us at support@cloudbyte.com or head to community forum.