Alluxio 1.8.0 Release

[Andrew Audibert]

Dear Alluxio developers, 

I'm happy to announce the release of Alluxio 1.8.0. This release provides significant architecture and usability improvements. Here are some highlights:

• Enhanced Metrics
• Simplified Configuration Management
• fsadmin CLI
  
• Configuration Checking
  
• Journal Backup and Restore
  

For more details about the release, please see the release notes:

https://www.alluxio.org/download/releases/alluxio-180-release 

The documentation for the release can be found here:

https://www.alluxio.org/docs/1.8/en/

Downloads for the release can be found here:

https://www.alluxio.org/download

A huge thanks to the community for making this release possible, and special thanks to everyone who contributed and/or tested the release candidates!

Best,

Andrew