.. _3.6.15-3.5:

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|PSMDB| |release|
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Percona announces the release of Percona Server for MongoDB |release|
on |date|. Download the latest version from the `Percona website
<https://www.percona.com/downloads/percona-server-mongodb-3.6/>`_ or
the `Percona Software Repositories
<https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-server-for-mongodb/3.6/install/index.html>`_.

|PSMDB| is an enhanced, open source, and highly-scalable database that is a
fully-compatible, drop-in replacement for MongoDB 3.6 Community Edition.  It
supports MongoDB 3.6 protocols and drivers.

|PSMDB| extends Community Edition functionality by including the :ref:`inmemory`
storage engine, as well as several enterprise-grade features.  Also, it includes
:ref:`mongorocks` storage engine, which is now deprecated.  |PSMDB| requires no
changes to MongoDB applications or code.

|PSMDB| |release| is based on `MongoDB 3.6.15
<https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/release-notes/3.6/#nov-6-2019>`_.

This release enables streaming hot backups to `Amazon S3
<https://aws.amazon.com/s3/>`_ or a compatible storage, such as `MinIO
<https://min.io/>`_. Note that this feature has the Experimental status and is
not recommended to be used in a production environment.

For more information about this feature, see the :ref:`hot-backup` section in
our documentation.

New Features
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- :jirabug:`PSMDB-371`: Hot backup streaming to a remote destination
  (Experimental).

.. |date| replace:: November 26, 2019
.. |release| replace:: 3.6.15-3.5