Instaclustr Blog Archive
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- Apache Cassandra
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Update released for Instaclustr sstable analysis tools for Apache Cassandra
Instaclustr is pleased to announce the latest update for it’s open-sourced sstable analysis tools for Apache Cassandra. These tools, first released in February 2017, help operators to gain an accurate picture of the on-disk data stored by Cassandra which can be invaluable in diagnose and resolving operational issues. A full run-through of the existing functionality...
Learn MoreInstaclustrAugust 21, 2018 -
- Team
$15 Million Raise Led by Level Equity – Here’s What That Enables Us to Accomplish
I’m excited to announce that Instaclustr has raised $15 million from New York City-based private investment firm Level Equity and a number of our existing investors. We will immediately begin using the capital to accelerate the expansion of our managed platform offering core open source technologies. Our business is growing tremendously – we now serve...
Learn MoreInstaclustrAugust 16, 2018 -
- Apache Kafka
- Technical
Apache Kafka “Kongo” 6.3: Production Apache Kafka® Application Scaling on Instaclustr
The goal of this blog is to scale the Kongo IoT application on Production Instaclustr Kafka clusters. We’ll compare various approaches including scale-out, scale-up, and multiple clusters. There are two versions to the story. In the Blue Pill version scaling everything goes according to plan and scaling is easy. If you are interested in the...
Learn MorePaul BrebnerAugust 02, 2018 -
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New York Meetup Wrap Up–Apache Cassandra® and Kubernetes
On July 18th, 2018, Instaclustr co-hosted the NoSQL meetup with JPMorgan Chase in New York City. There was a fantastic turnout — over 125 attendees from various technical backgrounds and industries, including finance, retail and adtech. To start the evening, an introduction and overview of JPMC’s usage of Cassandra was given by Adam Carson, CTO...
Learn MoreInstaclustrJuly 30, 2018 -
- Team
Instaclustr Insights: Meet Gina Massetani
Name Gina Massetani Role Marketing Director Location Palo Alto, CA What’s your role at Instaclustr? I manage Instaclustr’s U.S. marketing; this includes the many field events we’re engaged in, to demand generation, to all the webinars and related activities we do that support our sales team. While Instaclustr’s marketing is primarily focused on the U.S....
Learn MoreInstaclustrJuly 12, 2018 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Apache Cassandra LDAP Authentication
We’ve seen an increasing need for LDAP integration into Apache Cassandra, and continually hearing of cases where people have written their own LDAP authenticators for Cassandra. However, if you search around you’ll have a hard time finding one of these implementations, and you’ll likely have to write one yourself, which is no easy feat. So,...
Learn MoreInstaclustrJune 29, 2018 -
- Apache Kafka
- Technical
Apache Kafka® “Kongo” 6.2: Production Kongo on Instaclustr
In this blog (parts 6.1 and 6.2) we deploy the Kongo IoT application to a production Kafka cluster, using Instraclustr’s Managed Apache Kafka service on AWS. In part 6.1 we explored Kafka cluster creation and how to deploy the Kongo code. Then we revisited the design choices made previously regarding how to best handle the...
Learn MorePaul BrebnerJune 29, 2018 -
- Technical
Apache Kafka® “Kongo” 6.1: Production Kongo on Instaclustr
In this blog we deploy the Kongo IoT application to a production Kafka cluster, using Instraclustr’s Managed Apache Kafka service on AWS. We explore Kafka cluster creation and how to deploy the Kongo code. Then we revisit the design choices made previously regarding how to best handle the high consumer fan out of the Kongo...
Learn MorePaul BrebnerJune 29, 2018 -
- Apache Kafka
- Technical
General Availability – Managed Apache Kafka®
Instaclustr announces that our Managed Apache Kafka on the Instaclustr Managed Platform has now reached General Availability with full production SLAs and security controls applied. Apache Kafka adds to Instaclustr’s existing open source offerings of Apache Cassandra, and Elassandra, providing customers the opportunity to use a single managed service provider for a complete suite of...
Learn MoreBen SlaterJune 26, 2018