The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache Ozone V.2.0.0
StorageNewsletter, Wednesday, August 27th, 2025
First object store to support operational databases, with major usability and compatibility enhancements
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the global home of open source software the world relies on, announced Apache Ozone 2.0.0, a major milestone for the cloud-native distributed object store built for big data, analytics, and AI workloads.
'Apache Ozone 2.0.0 represents years of community collaboration and production lessons from large-scale deployments,' said Sammi Chen, PMC chair, Apache Ozone and principal engineer, Cloudera, Inc. 'We're seeing growing adoption of Ozone in production, and this release brings the stability, performance, and ecosystem integration users have asked for.'
Ozone 2.0.0 responds to growing demand from organizations building AI and analytics platforms that require scalable, fault-tolerant, and cost-efficient storage - without giving up on performance or operational ease.