The Last Pickle Ltd

Working with clients to deliver and improve Apache Cassandra based solutions.

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Because Friday is the best day to cut out releases, Reaper 3.0 for Apache Cassandra is out!
Prepare your upgrade by reading the release blog post: https://t.co/ugZ7damHhO

Spoiler: we removed support for postgres/h2, but added some great new features!

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Check out @MilesGarnsey first TLP blog post and learn how to setup certificates for Cassandra in Kubernetes: https://t.co/o2n7HR1Wx6

[Apache Cassandra @cassandra]

The services we all love, from Netflix, Playstation, Spotify, and more, are all powered by Cassandra, the most scalable #database in the world.

Build the future of our connected world, build with Apache Cassandra.

#opensource #nosql #cloudnative

https://t.co/WwwzffHlC7

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This is the first instalment in our certificate management series.

In this blog by @ossarga we explore different ways to deploy certificates to support encryption in Cassandra and how to rotate them without downtime.

https://t.co/FFYzux6ubO

#ssl #security #encryption

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Get going with RedHat’s CodeReady Containers…

Our latest blog post by @mck_sw

https://t.co/ni16HUDVCl

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Take a peek into how Apache Cassandra sets up its Continuous Integration for its 40K+ tests, with our latest blog post by @mck_sw

https://t.co/zl62IoBlcR

#Apache #Cassandra #junit #pytest #jenkins

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Reaper 2.2 was just released with a major redesign of its internal segment orchestration. Check out the new features in our latest blog post by @alexanderDeja
https://t.co/50yhthG20y

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Capturing flamegraphs for Apache #Cassandra in Kubernetes using the cass-operator, nosqlbench and the async-profiler.

Our latest blog post by @mck_sw

https://t.co/j4u8hx5YIC

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A significantly better out-of-the-box experience for new users on Cassandra 4.0.

Check out this serious deep dive by @ossarga into the topic of vnodes and choosing the correct num_tokens setting.

https://t.co/33gRAyEH3J

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There is just no value to the read repair chance in Apache Cassandra, despite it adding a significant amount of background load to your clusters.

Our latest blog post by @mck_sw goes through the feature in detail, and how to disable it.

https://t.co/L2Iv7QKiMx

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Check out our latest blog post by @alexanderDeja, exploring the performance impacts of creating many columns in Apache Cassandra tables.
https://t.co/mvspSL09x5

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Ever wondered how many tables is too many in an Apache Cassandra cluster? Read our latest blog post by @alexanderDeja to find out the performance impacts of large data models.
https://t.co/sEQhW6vOhc

[Apache Cassandra @cassandra]

Introducing the first Cassandra Changelog blog! Our monthly roundup of community activities including:

- 4.0 beta updates

- New fuzz testing tool

- User stories @BigmateTech @TechAtBloomberg

- Tutorials & more
https://t.co/qCBW4uQePy

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Reaper 2.1 for Apache Cassandra with Astra support was released a few days ago. Discover the main features and improvements that shipped in this version in our new blog post by @alexanderDeja https://t.co/Ll0AHHHRLL

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Dial C* for Operator – making Reaper happen in #Kubernetes with the new Cass Operator v1.3.0.

Check it out, our latest blog post by @johnsanda

https://t.co/G4lva24XYM

#Cassandra

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What benefits with Java 11 and 14 bring to Apache Cassandra 4.0?

Check out @alexanderDeja
amazing deep dive into some JDK and GC benchmarks…

https://t.co/oBZK5PtmYo

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Cassandra Medusa 0.7 was released with lots of improvements and bug fixes for restores. Update through pypi or our debian bintray repo.
https://t.co/XjS92J1E4h

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Check out our latest blog post by @johnsanda taking a deep dive into provisioning an Apache Cassandra cluster using the DataStax Kubernetes operator

https://t.co/w14g8zGFRC #cassandra #apache #kubernetes #k8

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Benchmarking and stress testing Apache #Cassandra are important exercises that operators and developers do regularly.

Knowing what you want to achieve and how to interpret results is a big part of the challenge.

Check out our latest blog post… https://t.co/X5OhqlXvuK

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We are very proud to announce The Last Pickle is joining @DataStax https://t.co/Lhmk1WIAyh