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...

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...

Apache Cassandra® connector for Apache Spark™: 5 tips for success

Overview We have just hit the full release of the Instaclustr managed Cassandra + Spark service offering after 4 months in preview release. During this time, we have had lots of opportunities to get in-depth with using the Cassandra connector for Spark, both with our own Instametrics application and assisting customers with developing and troubleshooting. In...

Apache Zeppelin Preview Release

Managed Apache Spark™ 1.6 Full Release

Our managed Apache Spark offering on Apache Cassandra now moves into full release. With the release of Apache Spark 1.6 using the Spark Cassandra Connector v 1.6.0-M1, our Spark+Cassandra offering moves out of Preview status and into full release. With this release, based on learnings from supporting customers through the preview period, we have applied...

Apache Cassandra Costs Running in the Cloud

Instaclustr managed Cassandra services include the underlying cloud provider charges in our standard monthly fee. We’re often asked by customers and potential for information about what these charges look like. This information is also useful to people planning their own cloud-based Cassandra implementation. So, whichever category you’re in, read on for more information. For simplicity, in...

3 Key Factors for Load Testing Apache Cassandra Applications

Here at Instaclustr we have spent a lot of time running load tests on Apache Cassandra and dealing with the many different types of performance issues that crop up when running Cassandra in production. Through these exercises, we’ve learnt a lot (often by trial and error) about how to usefully load test Cassandra applications. Although many...

Instaclustr: What’s New Feb 2016

After a little bit of a slow down over the Christmas period and summer holidays here in Australia, the Instaclustr development team was back in full swing in February. Some of the key changes that we released in the month were: Improvements in column family information in our monitoring page: we now include disk space...

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.