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title: Release 2.3.0 available date: 2014-02-20

Apache Hadoop 2.3.0 contains a number of significant enhancements such as:

• Support for Heterogeneous Storage hierarchy in HDFS.
• In-memory cache for HDFS data with centralized administration and management.
• Simplified distribution of MapReduce binaries via HDFS in YARN Distributed Cache.

Please see the Hadoop 2.3.0 Release Notes for details.