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What is Cassandra?

Cassandra is a no-SQL database from Apache.

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Apache Cassandra has gained extensive popularity and usage across various critical use cases and platform solutions in many organizations. …
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  • Availability (5)
    8.8
    88%
  • Performance (5)
    8.5
    85%
  • Security (5)
    8.0
    80%
  • Concurrency (5)
    7.6
    76%
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What is Cassandra?

Cassandra is a no-SQL database from Apache.

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Features

NoSQL Databases

NoSQL databases are designed to be used across large distrusted systems. They are notably much more scalable and much faster and handling very large data loads than traditional relational databases.

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Cassandra Technical Details

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Frequently Asked Questions

Cassandra is a no-SQL database from Apache.

Reviewers rate Scalability highest, with a score of 9.5.

The most common users of Cassandra are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Apache Cassandra has gained extensive popularity and usage across various critical use cases and platform solutions in many organizations. Users have found it particularly useful in the tax domain, small businesses, profile platforms, and AB testing platforms. Algorithmic Ads, for example, relies solely on Cassandra for both real-time transactions and analytics.

In terms of implementation, a lightweight Java application serves as the primary means of accessing Cassandra, providing a RESTful web services API for seamless integration with other applications. This API is used internally as well as by customers, making it a central point for integration that includes business logic and data. The outstanding performance, linear scalability, and continuous availability of Cassandra make it a preferred choice among developers when a highly available NoSQL database is required.

Furthermore, Cassandra has proven its capabilities in multiple scenarios. It currently supports an enterprise eCommerce platform, offering excellent performance and acting as a powerful NoSQL database. Additionally, it has been employed to build a fully functional proof of concept for a shipment cloud concept at FedEx. By combining InMemory and NoSQL storage solutions, Cassandra enables unified RESTful-based service that caters to queries for the latest or historical shipment status. Moreover, users have found that Cassandra serves as a reliable backup for the IMDG component in case of a complete crash.

Cassandra's versatility extends to other domains as well. It effectively handles non-standard RDBMS data by providing fast write speeds and suitability for storing flat data. Many organizations leverage its cluster configuration to store personalization data for customers, ensuring up-to-date information with low latency. Cassandra also plays a crucial role in storing data in JSON format, allowing for efficient data storage and retrieval.

Moreover, Cassandra seamlessly integrates with various systems to provide distributed system logic. For instance, it is a core component of the HyperStore S3-compatible object storage system and collaborates with other Java servers to create scalable and fault-tolerant architectures.

Additionally, Cassandra has proven its efficiency in academic projects related to cloud computing and Salesforce, outperforming traditional RDBMS solutions. Prominent companies like Facebook and Uber rely on Cassandra for their real-time running apps due to its improved performance capabilities.

Although users have encountered challenges with the documentation, they still highly recommend using Cassandra for its scalability and faster request processing. Overall, Cassandra is a valuable asset for geographically dispersed architectures, offering availability, consistency, data distribution across multiple machines, and expandability on demand.

Greatest community and adoption: The Java-based NoSQL database has garnered a strong following with its greatest community and adoption. Many users have found it to be a highly popular choice among developers, benefiting from the extensive support and resources available.

Excellent integration with Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and Solr: Reviewers have consistently praised the database for its excellent integration capabilities with Apache Hadoop, Apache Spark, and Solr. This seamless integration provides a robust ecosystem of tools that enable efficient unit tests and stress testing.

Best-in-class performance across various workloads: Users have consistently highlighted the exceptional performance of this database across various read/write/mixed workloads. Its ability to provide low latency and high throughput has been widely appreciated by customers who require fast data retrieval and processing.

Missing Features: Some users have expressed that Apache Cassandra lacks certain functionalities, such as security and advanced tools like OpsCenter. They believe these features should be included in the open source version.

Challenging Data Modeling: Users with a background in relational databases may find it challenging to understand and work with NoSQL databases like Cassandra. They mention that data modeling needs to revolve around queries rather than the data structure.

Operational Challenges: Managing a large Cassandra cluster, even with the DataStax Enterprise Version, can pose challenges for maintenance teams due to frequent version upgrades and auto-repair. Users express the need for improved operational tools and continued enhancements to handle large clusters and massive amounts of data effectively.

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March 16, 2019

Cassandra at scale

Glen Kim | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It’s one of the database platforms we offer to the development community in our organization. We have various selections when it comes to databases including DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, and hadoop for data warehousing. Cassandra becomes the choice when developers want to use a highly available NoSQL db.
  • Availability
  • Fast performance
  • Horizontal scalability
  • Memory first
  • Partition based
  • Dealing with tombstone
  • Maintenance/upgrade
  • Compaction and repair
NoSQL Databases (7)
81.42857142857142%
8.1
Performance
100%
10.0
Availability
80%
8.0
Concurrency
80%
8.0
Security
80%
8.0
Scalability
90%
9.0
Data model flexibility
70%
7.0
Deployment model flexibility
70%
7.0
We use it for collecting user preferences on our website which can be quickly reused. It's also well suited for document ID lookup systems. It’s not good for high consistency level of information like account balance in your banking system.
  • High availability, which makes us use the tool
  • Partition key distribution mechanism is well defined
  • Horizontal scalability when needed for high volume days
  • Complex tombstone management
It was packaged with the vendor product we bought. Also, it’s good for high performance transactional systems. I'm part of our NoSQL team and Cassandra quickly became a favorite for developers with agile teams.
Overall, the product is a little hard to deal with when it comes to upgrading as there are always new versions released every quarter. Also, it’s backup and restore processes are still in their baby steps.
100
Uuid lookup for multiple line of business. Session and cookies management. Records tracking system.
100
Java developers, operational suppor team with DBA background. Skills needed to support are dustribued system knowledge, os level administration skills, scripting is a plus and data modeling experiences.
  • Document id lookup system
  • Tracking if internal application usage
  • Session management
  • Fraud Risk system that determines any users might be potential victims
  • Protecting internal uuid exposing to all other systems
  • Document ID lookup system
  • Url smart links
  • Credit reports tracking system
  • Asset management
Yes
Oracle and it was the decision from vendor
  • Product Usability
  • Product Reputation
  • Prior Experience with the Product
I was not the decision maker in thus process however I like the easy use of OpsCenter .
Include more pilot groups ie developers to try out different features and do more stress testing.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Third-party professional services
CA and broadcom
Yes
Dev/test/prod and slow rollout when implementing in prod.
  • Too many nodes to handle
  • Upgrade can be difficult when you have too many clusters with too quick changes on versioning
No
No
Our budget is not ready for this expense.
Sometimes instead giving straight answer, we ‘re getting transfered to talk professional service.
Yes
They recommended to upgrade to next version.
We have license with Datastax so have not dealt with apache.
  • Opscenter
  • Bouncing servers
  • Backup / restore
  • Tombstones
  • Repair process
  • Compaction
It’s great tool but it can be complicated when it comes administration and maintenance.
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