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- Dev Rel
- Elasticsearch
- PostgreSQL
Kafka® Connect and Elasticsearch™ vs. PostgreSQL® Pipelines: Initial Performance Results (Pipeline Series Part 8)
In Part 6 and Part 7 of the pipeline series we took a different path in the pipe/tunnel and explored PostgreSQL and Apache Superset, mainly from a functional perspective—how can you get JSON data into PostgreSQL from Kafka Connect, and what does it look like in Superset. In this blog, we run some initial load tests and find out how the capacity of the original Elasticsearch pipeline compares with the PostgreSQL variant.
Learn MorePaul BrebnerOctober 13, 2021 -
- Team
Instaclustr Insights: Meet Mari Hsieh
Interns at Work: Helping Build Instaclustr’s Future Name: Mari Hsieh Department: Sales Intern Here at Instaclustr, we are not only focused on open source technologies but also on helping cultivate the next generation of technical innovators and evangelists. We are dedicated to fostering future leaders’ knowledge in our space, and to helping them develop their professional...
Learn MoreInstaclustrOctober 07, 2021 -
- OpenSearch
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Kafka
- Technical
- Redis
Horizontal vs Vertical Scaling: Which Scaling Strategy is Right for Me?
Vertical scaling is great when you need to quickly add capacity to a cluster. When you only increase the size of the instance, without modifying the underlying storage, you also retain the ability to quickly reduce the cluster back down in size. Vertical scaling is what our Customer-Initiated Resize feature automates for customers. We recommend vertical scaling for short-term or seasonal peaks in processing requirements. This is because after the operation is completed, you can reduce the size of your cluster quickly.
Learn MoreJordan BraiukaOctober 06, 2021 -
- PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL® 14: PostgreSQL Is Still a Teenager
This article was a bit harder to write than it would seem on the surface. Amid all the hustle and bustle of the current development cycle, it was hard to find a particular focus of what this effort was all about. Then it finally dawned on me. There wasn’t one. That may sound a bit...
Learn MoreKirk RoybalSeptember 30, 2021 -
- Technical
- PostgreSQL
Using Apache Superset to Visualize PostgreSQL® JSON Data (Pipeline Series Part 7)
In the last installment of the pipeline blog series, we explored writing streaming JSON data into PostgreSQL using Kafka Connect. In this blog, it’s time to find out if our fears of encountering mutant monsters in the gloom of an abandoned uranium mine were warranted or not. 1. What Is Apache Superset? What is Apache...
Learn MorePaul BrebnerSeptember 28, 2021 -
- Feature Releases
- News
Updating Instaclustr’s Open Source Tooling for Apache Cassandra® 4.0
With Apache Cassandra 4.0 recently released, we have updated the open source tooling to support Cassandra 2.0 through 4.0. In some cases that merely required the tool to be tested with Cassandra 4.0, but in others, significant refactoring of the code has occurred to support all three versions. Below I walk through all the different tools that have been updated for Cassandra 4.0. If you want to find out more about what’s new in this release you can read this blog from our CTO Ben Bromhead which pulls together his series of articles on Cassandra 4.0.
Learn MoreStefan MiklosovicSeptember 23, 2021 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Feature Releases
- News
Instaclustr Announces the General Availability of Managed Apache Cassandra® 4.0
Instaclustr is pleased to announce the general availability of Cassandra 4.0 as part of our Managed Cassandra offering on the Instaclustr Managed Platform. Cassandra 4.0 delivers greater performance, unmatched stability, and new auditing capabilities, among other valuable features for the enterprise driven by the Apache Cassandra community. Cassandra 4.0 beta releases have been available in...
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 21, 2021 -
- Apache Kafka
- Technical
Our Journey to Graviton2 and gp3 Support for Apache Kafka®
With the release of AWS’s Graviton2 (ARM) instances and gp3 disks, we at Instaclustr saw an opportunity to further improve the quality of our Managed Apache Kafka offering. So, we embarked on a journey to make the necessary changes for our customers to be able to provision AWS Graviton2 instances paired with gp3 disks.
Learn MoreHendra GunadiSeptember 15, 2021 -
- Feature Releases
- Apache Kafka
- Technical
- News
Updates to Instaclustr Support for Earlier Versions of Apache Kafka®
As the official release of Kafka 3.0 approaches, we want to advise the retirement of some older versions of Kafka. The Apache Kafka project follows a time-based release plan and aims to support the 3 most recent versions, meaning versions 2.8.x, 2.7.x, and 2.6.x are currently supported by the Apache Kafka project.
Learn MoreInstaclustrSeptember 15, 2021