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Apache Cassandra Backups Using AWS TransferManager: Failed To Reset Request Input Stream
This article is a discussion about how we overcame the ‘failed-to-reset-stream’ problem in AWS’ TransferManager while doing backups in Cassandra. Why would you want to use backups with Cassandra anyway? Cassandra is designed to be resilient to failure. Nodes can transition between up and down and it will still perform as if it were nobody’s...
Learn MoreInstaclustrApril 20, 2016 -
- Feature Releases
Instaclustr services available now in AWS Frankfurt
Instaclustr is happy to announce that you can now immediately provision all Instaclustr services in the AWS Frankfurt data center. Instaclustr’s management system is designed to support all AWS regions. However, the AWS Frankfurt data center was not available when we did our initial set up. We have now configured and tested our system with...
Learn MoreInstaclustrApril 12, 2016 -
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Interning as a software developer with Instaclustr
My name is Danyang Li, a second-year master's degree student, majoring in Computing. In October 2015, I started to look for internship programs that would give me a platform to leverage my knowledge and skills gained in the classroom, while enabling me to work in a new and unfamiliar environment for a more holistic learning experience.
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 12, 2016 -
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Running CoreOS official AMIs with internal storage on AWS
At Instaclustr, we host some of our customers' nodes on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. Depending on customer's system requirements, we may deploy multiple different instances on AWS: EBS-backed nodes and instance-store nodes.
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 11, 2016 -
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Connecting to a Cassandra cluster using TLS/SSL
Overview Making connections to a Cassandra cluster that uses SSL can be a little tricker than usual, however properly securing your client connections with SSL is important, especially if you are connecting to your cluster via the Internet or an untrusted network. Pre-requisites Before we get started you’ll first need to install the Java Cryptography Extensions....
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 08, 2016 -
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Big Data Challenge
The Big Data Challenge Avoiding the challenges and pitfalls of Apache Cassandra implementation Executive summary Big Data is a different problem that requires a different data storage and management solution. It’s data that is too big, moves too fast, and doesn’t fit standard relational data structure. Apache Cassandra has emerged as a winning solution for...
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 07, 2016 -
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Instaclustr Webinar: Japanese Apache Cassandra® Community
Instaclustr Webinar for the Japanese Cassandra Community Details Webinar (Online Seminar) for the Cassandra Community in Japan. Presenter Ben Bromhead, CTO and co-founder of Instaclustr and Apache Cassandra MVP. Date & Time 10:30AM-12:00PM February 2016, JST. Cost Free with registration of attendance This will be the first time the webinar has been held in Japan...
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 04, 2016 -
- Team
Instaclustr Insights: Meet Brooke Jensen
Name Brooke Jensen @_brookejensen https://au.linkedin.com/in/brookejensen1 Role VP Technical Operations & Customer Services. I work on all our internal applications such as provisioning, monitoring and console, as well as providing on call support and consulting to our customers. Location Canberra, Australia How did you get started working in IT? I started in IT right after I...
Learn MoreInstaclustrFebruary 02, 2016 -
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Multi data center Apache Spark™ and Apache Cassandra benchmark
Goal The aim of this benchmark is to compare performances between a one-data-center setting, where Spark and Cassandra are collocated, versus a two-data-center setting where Spark is running on the second data center. The idea behind a two-data-center setting is to use the first data-center (DC1) to serve Cassandra reads/writes while using the second data-center...
Learn MoreInstaclustrJanuary 07, 2016