ScyllaDB Enterprise Release 2018.1.0

ScyllaDB Enterprise 2018.1.0 is a major release that enhances the production-ready ScyllaDB Enterprise, offering unique features, bug fixes, and improvements over the open-source variant. Key features include a new auditing capability for tracking user activity across multiple deployments, IBM Power support, improved performance for CPU-bound workloads, and a Heat Weighted Load Balancing system to optimize node selection. The release introduces Time Window Compaction Strategy for better handling of time series data, support for new data types and CQL improvements, and an updated intra-node sharding algorithm for enhanced data distribution among cores. ScyllaDB Enterprise 2018.1 requires Linux kernel 3.10.0-514 or later and supports ext4 file systems in production. Upgrades are possible from ScyllaDB Enterprise 2017.1.6 or ScyllaDB Open Source 2.1, with a recommendation to update Cassandra drivers for compatibility. The release also addresses known issues and provides guidance on installation, upgrades, and further learning resources.