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- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Instaclustr Monitoring to Manage Apache Cassandra® Performance
Overview Instaclustr has just released a substantial upgraded monitoring capability as part of our management console application. This monitoring capability has been designed to provide you easy access to the information you need to manage your use of Apache Cassandra when Instaclustr is taking care of the gory details for you. This blog post provides...
Learn MoreBen SlaterMay 26, 2016 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
TTLRemover: Tool for Removing Cassandra TTLs for Recovery and Testing Purposes
TTLs (time to live) are very useful features of Cassandra. They essentially provide an automatic deletion timer on any piece of data inserted into Cassandra. They can be specified either as part of an insert or update statement or set by default in a table’s schema and apply down to the column/value level in the...
Learn MoreInstaclustrMay 11, 2016 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Popular
- Technical
Understanding Apache Cassandra Migration – Migrating From a Relational Database to Apache Cassandra® Database
Cassandra Migration - Many applications running today are built using relational database technology such as PostgresSQL, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle Database. Relational technology was the mainstay database for application development for at least 20 years. However, the availability and scalability expectations of modern applications (along with the ability to realise substantial savings through the adoption of open source technology), is causing many people to re-examine this choice and making a move to Cassandra.
Learn MoreBen SlaterMay 11, 2016 -
- Technical
Post 500 Nodes: High Availability & Scalability with Riemann
This blog post is how Instaclustr built a highly-available monitoring solution for our fleet of Apache Cassandra and Apache Spark clusters; by using a combination of Riemann (an event stream processor) and RabbitMQ (a distributed, fault-tolerant message broker). Riemann is a fantastic stream-based event processing engine, written in Clojure (a JVM language), that serves as...
Learn MoreAdam ZegelinMay 03, 2016 -
- Technical
Zero Downtime Migration to Instaclustr
One question we often get from prospective customers is “Can you migrate my existing Cassandra cluster to Instaclustr without any downtime?”. The answer to that is, of course, “YES!”. We have done this on numerous occasions now. This blog gives a brief walk-through of the process we follow to achieve that migration. Overview This procedure...
Learn MoreInstaclustrApril 30, 2016 -
- Feature Releases
Now Available: m4.large Based Nodes for the Lowest-Cost, Production-Ready Managed Cassandra
Instaclustr is pleased to announce immediate available for a new “production-tiny” node size, starting at $250 / month on-demand. The production-tiny size is based on the AWS m4.large instance size (2 CPU, 8GB RAM) with 250GB of attached EBS. The production-tiny size is the entry level into our production size offerings with full production SLAs...
Learn MoreInstaclustrApril 30, 2016 -
- Team
Instaclustr Insights: Meet Aleks Lubiejewski
Name Aleks Lubiejewski (www.linkedin.com/in/alekslubiejewski) Role VP Consulting & Security. My role here is two-fold. Firstly, I run the consulting business for Instaclustr, responsible for planning and delivering our consulting strategy, defining our processes, looking after the team and ensuring we hit our revenue targets. Secondly, I look after our internal security program, reviewing our implementation...
Learn MoreInstaclustrApril 29, 2016 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Deploying Your Free Trial Cluster: A Simple Guide
There are many getting started resources available for you so you can better understand Cassandra. We recommend you understand a bit about Cassandra before trialling our platform so you can get the full benefit of the trial.
Learn MoreInstaclustrApril 22, 2016 -
- Apache Spark
- Apache Cassandra
- Popular
- Technical
Multi data center Apache Spark™/Cassandra Benchmark, Round 2
Context In my previous multi Data Center blog post ‘Multi data center Apache Spark and Apache Cassandra benchmark’, I compared the performance and stability of running Spark and Cassandra collocated on the same Data Center (DC), versus running a second DC that is aimed towards analytic jobs with Spark. This gives some breathing space to...
Learn MoreAdam ZegelinApril 21, 2016