Tag: Cassandra

Got too many tombstones? This blog post will talk about how to deal with tombstones once you already have them. For more information about tombstones, check out this post: Examining the Lifecycle of Tombstones in Apache Cassandra. Verifying the presence…

User-defined compactions allow us to manually select which files should be compacted. This enables us to reclaim space and limit the size of compaction so it can fit into the remaining space. These compactions are relevant only for SizeTieredCompactionStrategy (STCS)…

High latency values may indicate a cluster at the edge of its processing capacity, issues with the data model—such as poor choice of partition key or high levels of tombstones—or issues with the underlying infrastructure. Below are some major reasons…

At Pythian, we pride ourselves in assisting and empowering our clients. We strive to understand the needs of each customer and to teach customers to make the most of their resources. Experience has shown that the best way to learn…

On September 1, 2020, Apache disclosed a security vulnerability for Apache Cassandra. Summary: It’s possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files, to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and…

I recently did an upgrade of 200+ nodes of Cassandra across multiple environments sitting behind multiple applications using the cstar tool. We chose the cstar tool because, out of all automation options, it has topology awareness specifically to Cassandra. Here…

Spark Overview Spark was created in 2009 as a response to difficulties with map-reduce in Hadoop, particularly in supporting machine learning and other interactive data analysis. Spark simplifies the processing and analysis of data, reducing the number of steps and…

This weekend, I gave an orientation to Docker for a developer friend of mine who works in an enterprise environment and was preparing to take on new development projects using Docker. I have given several Docker 101 workshops, but it’s…

This post is the first part of a series of blog posts regarding the lifecycle and management of tombstones. Deleting and expiring data in Cassandra is something that you should carefully plan. Especially if you’re about to delete a massive…

In this quick blog post, I’m going to assess how the databases that advertise themselves as “Cassandra API-compatible” fare in the compatibility department. But that is all I will do, only API testing, and not an extensive testing, just based…