What Is a Cloud Native Database (Faun.dev)?
In this article posted to the DevOps news site Faun.dev, Aymen Eon Amri defines a cloud native database as “a database that is designed to take full advantage of cloud …
K8ssandra, the future essential data standard for Kubernetes?
In this article on the French language site Journal du Net, Xavier Biseul examines the state of databases on Kubernetes, including Cassandra (quote is translated): Was the union between Cassandra …
Dial C* for Operator: Unlocking Advanced Cassandra Configurations
Cass-operator is an Apache Cassandra operator for Kubernetes managed as part of the K8ssandra project. There are a lot of configuration options available that are not necessarily obvious at first. …
How to connect stateful workloads across Kubernetes clusters
In his article on the DataStax blog, Roman Chernobelskiy shares how the Astra team created a lightweight overlay network in order to allow Cassandra nodes in different Kubernetes clusters to …
Why a Cloud-Native Database Must Run on K8s
In this article on Container Journal, I make the case for why a database needs to run on Kubernetes in order to be considered truly cloud-native. Key quote: If we’re …
A Maturity Model for Cloud-Native Databases
In this article on Container Journal, Cedrick Lunven and I propose a model for evaluating the maturity of databases claiming to be “cloud native”. The levels in this model include: …
Kubernetes Data Simplicity: Getting started with K8ssandra
K8ssandra team member Jeff Banks walks new developers through steps to run a Cassandra cluster in Kubernetes on a local machine and start working with the code in a development …
A Case for Databases on Kubernetes from a Former Skeptic
K8ssandra team member Christopher Bradford discusses the case for running stateful workloads on Kubernetes. He explores his personal journey from skepticism to advocacy with real-world examples and changing of concerns …
DBA to SRE
It’s time to take the next step in your career: from DBA to Site Reliability Engineer (SRE).
K8ssandra: Production-Ready Platform for Running Apache Cassandra on Kubernetes
K8ssandra aims to provide a “production-ready platform”, and this includes automation for operational tasks such as repairs, backups, and monitoring. Key quote: K8ssandra is deployed using Helm and supports stateful …