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1.8.0 ‘Beta’ released

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  • Remove "Encryption Tool" from the server interface

  • Ensure that all Home directories are present and accessible before starting Storage Role operations

New Features

  • Quota limits. The first Quota option available is based on Protected Item storage, and requires a 1.8.0 version or newer on both the client and server.
  • Display bucket sizes on the "Local Storage Buckets" page in the Comet Server
  • Option to prune logs (configure in AuthenticationRole.PruneLogsAfterDays; set zero to disable)
  • Option to automatically refresh the Live Connected Users page in the Comet Server
  • Option to log network access requests to the Comet Server

Enhancements

  • Linearizable replication. Operations are now consistently ordered at the expense of a slight decrease in worker utilisation. Full scan passes will no longer be repeated.
  • Always save automatic SSL certificates to temporary disk locations, to mitigate rate limit issues
  • Improve backup performance for CPU-bottlenecked backup jobs
  • Improve replication full-scan performance by skipping content requests for buckets known to not exist
  • Reduce Comet Backup and Comet Server install footprint by 10% and 30% respectively
  • Increase number of user profile replication workers
  • Track sizes for user-supplied Storage Vaults (e.g. Local Copy and Amazon S3 destinations)
  • Display warning on the Backup Jobs Search Results page if the results might be stale after a page refresh
  • Expand mime type database for Comet servers with custom web interfaces enabled
  • Cosmetic simplify the Replication screen in the Comet Server
  • Cosmetic strip trailing zeroes from byte size displays inside the Comet Backup application

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with replica bucket creation
  • Fix an issue with administrative authentication for storage role buckets that do not exist
  • Fix an issue with the user replication full-scan passes mistakenly identifying changes in user profiles
  • Fix an issue with replicating temporary files after the full-scan pass has completed
  • Fix an issue with process crashing if the Comet Server unexpectedly disappeared during a backup operation
  • Fix an issue with process hanging if the comet backup engine unexpectedly crashes during a streaming operation (i.e. MySQL or Program Output backups)
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with certain versions of the Safari web browser
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with crash message display
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with sorting columns in the Comet Server interface containing byte counts
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with juddery progress bar displays
  • Fix a cosmetic issue with indentation on the Schedule editor dialog