I am pleased to announce the release of Cloudera Impala Beta (version 0.4) and Cloudera Manager 4.1.3. Key enhancements in each release are:

Cloudera Impala Beta (version 0.4)

• Added support for Impala on RHEL5.7/Centos5.7 operating systems, in addition to RHEL6.2/Centos6.2 operating systems.
• Significant stability and performance enhancements to address feedback from the beta program.
• Additional metrics available on the Impala Debug Webpage.

Impala Beta will be regularly updated with features, bug fixes, and performance enhancements. We will typically release such updates every 2-4 weeks. Please check the release notes to find out what’s new with each update. For more questions, visit the Impala FAQ page or email us at impala-user@cloudera.org.

Cloudera Manager 4.1.3

• Cloudera Manager 4.1.3 supports Impala 0.4.
• Cloudera Manager 4.1.3 can now be used to install Impala on RHEL5.7/Centos5.7, in addition to RHEL6.2/Centos6.2 operating systems.
• Bug fixes
• Detailed release notes
• Download CM 4.1.3 or upgrade to CM 4.1.3.
• For more questions, visit the CM FAQ page or email us at scm-users@cloudera.org.

As a reminder, here is how you can get started with Impala:

1. Use Cloudera Manager 4.1.3 to deploy Impala. Documentation can be found here.
2. To manually install Impala, access the download of Impala, install Impala and try it out. Please note that you need to have CDH 4.1.x installed on RHEL/CentOS 6.2 or RHEL/CentOS 5.7.

Resources:

• Download the demo VM of Impala. The VM includes instructions that show you the power of Impala.
• Watch the e-learning course on “An Introduction To Impala“.
• Access the Impala source code at https://github.com/cloudera/impala.
• Download and review the Impala documentation.

Feedback:

Once you get started, we encourage you to provide feedback. We have the following mechanisms set up to do this:

• An Impala user group has been set up. Please use this to ask questions and provide feedback.
• An Impala Jira project has been set up. Feature requests and bug reports are welcome.
• For questions related to Cloudera Manager, please use the  Cloudera Manager user group.