Administrator Training with Apache CassandraIntroduction to Operations

Datastax Inc.

http://www.datastax.com/

August 27, 2012

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Outline

1 Introduction

2 Course Overview

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Advanced Operations with Apache Cassandra

Many Facets to Operating Apache Cassandra

Why a multi-day Course?

Unfamiliar ToolsHands On TasksDiscussion

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Outline

1 Introduction

2 Course Overview

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What you need to know

Node Routing

Client Access Patterms

dumb clients

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The Write Path

Memtables

SSTables

The Commit Log

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The Read Path

Memtables

SSTables

The Commit Log

Row Merging

Cache

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Compaction

Compaction Strategies

What is Compaction

Choosing a Compaction Strategy

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Installing Apache Cassandra

Packaging

Binary and Source Releases

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Sizing and Hardware

Different Hardware Configurations

Pros and Cons

Memory, CPU, IO

SSDs and Spindles

Cloud (Amazon/Rackspace)

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Tuning

Disks

Memory

JVM

Heap SizeGarbage Collection

Swap

Cache

row_cache_provider+

Compaction

Compaction Strategies

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Benchmarking

stress

reads

writes

mixed workloads

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Schema

What is in the Schema?

Online Updates

Concurrent Updates

Best Practices for Schema Updates

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Ring Management

Token Selection

Token Movement

Bootstrapping

Moving

Balancing

Replacing Dead Nodes (Strategies)

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The System Keyspace

What is the System Keyspace?

What are the components?

Replication and Propogation

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Managing Consistency

Nodetool Repair

Failure

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Managing Data

Where is my data?

How is it stored?

What are all these files?

Recover a lost index or bloom filter?

Snapshots

Import/Export

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Sizing

Target data size

Why smaller is better (usually)

Number of nodes

Replication and sizing

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Troubleshooting

Data Corruption?

IO Exceptions

syslog

Recovery

Nodetool Scrub

Latency

Wedged Schema

When IO cannot keep up

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Monitoring

OpsCenter

JMX

nodetool

cfstatsnetstatstpstats

Logs

Monitoring Compaction

Monitoring Repair

Monitoring Back-Pressure

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Replication

Replication Strategies

Configuring Replication

Modifying Replication Parameters

Changing Replication Strategies

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DataStax Enterprise

What is DataStax Enterprise?

Additional Capabilities

Operational Considerations

Overview of Hadoop Components

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