Version 8.4.1

New functionality and changes

Functionality	After	Before	Result of changes
Server clusters.	The new cluster architecture (a component cluster) is implemented for 1C:Enterprise server cluster system. The new deployment option provides the following benefits: More flexible system administration Adaptation to virtual environments Independent configuring of cluster nodes Increased scalability of individual cluster services Web server integration to the cluster infrastructure Flexible load balancing You can choose between the new server cluster introduced in version 8.4.1 and the classic server cluster available in version 8.3.5. These two cluster versions share a single set of features.	Only the 1C:Enterprise 8.3 server cluster architecture was supported.	The component cluster provides the following benefits: More flexible system administration Independent configuring of cluster nodes Increased scalability of individual cluster services Web server integration to the cluster infrastructure Flexible load balancing

Functionality

After

Before

Result of changes

The new cluster architecture (a component cluster) is implemented for 1C:Enterprise server cluster system.

You can choose between the new server cluster introduced in version 8.4.1 and the classic server cluster available in version 8.3.5.

These two cluster versions share a single set of features.

Only the 1C:Enterprise 8.3 server cluster architecture was supported.

The component cluster provides the following benefits:

Conversion of configurations, infobases, external data processors and external reports is not required during the transition from the previous version to the version 8.4.1.
Using 1C:Enterprise version 8.4.1 for evaluation purposes is possible if your infobase was previously run on 1C:Enterprise version 8.3.5 (or 1C:Enterprise versions 8.3.6-8.3.7 with configuration compatibility mode set to Version 8.3.5, and your configuration does not include any of the new features introduced in versions 8.3.6-8.3.7).