Technology Previews

This section describes the technology preview features introduced in IBM Storage Fusion Data Foundation 4.16 under Technology Preview support limitations.

Important: Technology Preview features are not supported with IBM production service level agreements (SLAs), might not be functionally complete, and IBM does not recommend using them for production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

Azure Key Vault option for cluster wide/PV encryption

Fusion Data Foundation supports Azure Key Vault for cluster-wide PV encryption on Microsoft Azure platform. This helps to use a local native solution for Azure instead of a third party tool.

Bucket logging and log based replication optimization for Multicloud Object Gateway buckets

Supports replication of large amounts of data between Multicloud Object Gateway (MCG) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) or MCG and MCG. The support for log-based replication for AWS S3 using bucket logging is extended to MCG bucket for optimization. The log-based replication optimization also supports object prefix filtering.

Multi network plug-in (Multus) support for IPv6

Multus networks can be configured to use either IPv4 or IPv6. Fusion Data Foundation supports Multus networks that are pure IPv4 or pure IPv6. Networks cannot be in a mixed mode.