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- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Monitoring Apache Cassandra® and IT infrastructure with Riemann
Efficient and effective monitoring of IT infrastructure is a common challenge faced by most modern organizations. This is particularly relevant with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies as they strive to provide the best possible front end user experience as possible, with the lowest or shortest downtime.
Learn MoreInstaclustrDecember 13, 2015 -
- Technical
What’s new for November!
Spark Jobserver Spark Jobserver provides the ability to upload and initiate Spark jobs on your cluster via http and https, eliminating the need to install Spark on your workstation and simplifying network configuration. See the step-by-step tutorial here. Column family level monitoring in our console and API The monitoring view directly in our console now...
Learn MoreInstaclustrDecember 01, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Apache Spark
- Technical
Apache Spark™ Streaming and Cassandra
We have just posted a step by step tutorial on our support portal on using our Managed Apache Spark and Cassandra offering to set up Spark Streaming to receive and summarise data from Apache Kafka and then save it to Cassandra. Developing this example got me thinking – what are the solution patterns where it makes sense...
Learn MoreBen SlaterNovember 17, 2015 -
- Technical
What’s New: October 2015
The last month or has seen a raft of new features helping to ensure that Instaclustr is the best service possible for our customers. Here’s a round of what we’ve released: Spark Preview Release: Apache Spark and Cassandra together from one, trusted provider. See https://www.instaclustr.com/managed-apache-spark-on-cassandra/ for the details on this. New AWS EBS Backed Instance...
Learn MoreBen SlaterNovember 05, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Technical
Apache Cassandra Synchronization
It’s all about the timing! Instaclustr has recently implemented it own NTP (Network Time Protocol) cluster to be used by the Cassandra clusters under our management environment. This is another example of how we are working to provide the best possible management and reliability for our customer’s Cassandra clusters. NTP, as most technical people know,...
Learn MoreBen SlaterNovember 05, 2015 -
- Apache Spark
- Technical
Managed Apache Spark™ on Cassandra
Instaclustr has made available a preview release of our managed service for Apache Spark running with Cassandra. This release makes the core features of Spark available for use while we work on building out the feature set to improve useability. This blog post explains the features of our current release and the additional features you...
Learn MoreBen SlaterNovember 02, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Popular
- Technical
Apache Cassandra on AWS EBS infrastructure
Instaclustr has updated it’s Cassandra on AWS EBS infrastructure offerings to include m4.xlarge class instances on AWS. Over 100 hours of testing and tuning has demonstrated that these nodes, using EBS provide substantial price/performance benefits for many use cases. It’s traditional wisdom that Cassandra and AWS EBS don’t mix. However, with the release of the...
Learn MoreBen SlaterOctober 28, 2015 -
- Apache Cassandra
- Team
- Technical
Ben Bromhead Recognised as Apache Cassandra MVP
Instaclustr CTO Ben Bromhead recognized as an Apache Cassandra MVP for contributions to the Cassandra community at Cassandra Summit 2015. The DataStax Cassandra MVP Program recognizes key individuals who have gone above and beyond to share their knowledge and expertise to help the Cassandra community learn about the massively scalable NoSQL database. The MVP Program provides these...
Learn MoreInstaclustrOctober 17, 2015 -
- Technical
Cassandra Summit 2015 Review
Cassandra Summit 2015 Review Cassandra Summit 2015 was held recently in Santa Clara, California and Instaclustr attended to present, learn and man an exhibition floor booth. The level of attendance at the summit (more than double last year at ~6,000) and the plans for the future of Cassandra reinforced for us that Cassandra is a...
Learn MoreBen SlaterOctober 17, 2015