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title: Spark 0.8.1 released
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We've just posted <a href="{{site.url}}releases/spark-release-0-8-1.html" title="Spark Release 0.8.1">Spark Release 0.8.1</a>, a maintenance and performance release for the Scala 2.9 version of Spark. 0.8.1 includes support for YARN 2.2, a high availability mode for the standalone scheduler, optimizations to the shuffle, and many other improvements. We recommend that all users update to this release. Visit the <a href="{{site.url}}releases/spark-release-0-8-1.html" title="Spark Release 0.8.1">release notes</a> to read about the new features, or <a href="{{site.url}}downloads.html">download</a> the release today.
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title: Spark 0.8.1 released
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We've just posted <a href="{{site.url}}releases/spark-release-0-8-1.html" title="Spark Release 0.8.1">Spark Release 0.8.1</a>, a maintenance and performance release for the Scala 2.9 version of Spark. 0.8.1 includes support for YARN 2.2, a high availability mode for the standalone scheduler, optimizations to the shuffle, and many other improvements. We recommend that all users update to this release. Visit the <a href="{{site.url}}releases/spark-release-0-8-1.html" title="Spark Release 0.8.1">release notes</a> to read about the new features, or <a href="{{site.url}}downloads.html">download</a> the release today.