* *CRUSH improvements*: We have added a new straw2 bucket algorithm
that reduces the amount of data migration required when changes are
made to the cluster.
+* *Shingled erasure codes (SHEC)*: The OSDs now have experimental
+ support for shingled erasure codes, which allow a small amount of
+ additional storage to be traded for improved recovery performance.
* *RADOS cache tiering*: A series of changes have been made in the
cache tiering code that improve performance and reduce latency.
* *RDMA support*: There is now experimental support the RDMA via the
I would like to take this opportunity to call out the amazing growth
in contributors to Ceph beyond the core development team from Inktank.
-Hammer features major new features and improvements from Intel,
+Hammer features major new features and improvements from Intel, Fujitsu,
UnitedStack, Yahoo, UbuntuKylin, CohortFS, Mellanox, CERN, Deutsche
Telekom, Mirantis, and SanDisk.