• A fully rewritten user manual
• Support for replicated PHP scripts
• Support for MySQL query response caching
• A Web-based administration interface
• A new and easy installation procedure
• A detailed explanation on how to setup DNS redirection
• And many bug fixes! ;-)

This is the biggest deployment of Globule to date. So far, our servers are doing fine, but we expect to be watching the system control panels for the whole day to be there if anything goes wrong...

Note: the version we are using for this is the upcoming version 1.3.1. Being asked to host this site was a great exercise for us: it forced us to look into the many small details that make the difference between a cool research prototype and a real usable product. So, expect version 1.3.1 to be better than any previous release we made!

• A monitoring interface will give you more insight at what's going on inside your servers.
• Basic support for replicated PHP pages. Note that databases potentially accessed by the code cannot be replicated at the moment (read this paper to learn how we plan to replicate the databases in the future).
• Easier procedure to upgrade Globule versions. Servers running Globule-1.3.0 and up will also be able to interoperate even if they do not run the same versions.
• A completely rewritten user documentation.
• A website where you can register your server(s), and find other servers where to host your contents. Based on these informations, the site will automatically generate configuration files for you.

• A website where you can register your server(s), and find other servers where to host your contents. Based on these informations, the site will automatically generate configuration files for you.
• A monitoring interface will give you more insight at what's going on inside your servers.
• Basic support for replicated PHP pages. Note that databases potentially accessed by the code cannot be replicated at the moment (read this paper to learn how we plan to replicate the databases in the future).
• Easier procedure to upgrade Globule versions. Servers running Globule-1.3.0 and up will also be able to interoperate even if they do not run the same versions.
• A completely rewritten user documentation. (although it is not finished yet, you can have a look at the current draft).

• Fault-Tolerance: Each Globule server periodically checks the availability of the sites holding its replicas. In case one replica site is down or misconfigured, it will stop redirecting client requests to this replica until it has recovered.
• Dynamic adaptation of replication policies: instead of selecting replication policies once and for all, Globule automatically selects the best-performing replication strategy for each document. It periodically re-evaluates its choices, to account for potential changes in access patterns.
• Monitoring: Globule now allows administrators to better monitor the behavior of their system. First, access logs to all replicas will be transfered back to the master site. Second, Globule can attach each delivered document with information on how this request was treated.
• New replication policy: we added the Alex replication policy.
• Bug fixes: plenty of them (see the ChangeLog)...