Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source NoSQL database management system that is designed to handle large amounts of data with no single point of failure. In this post, I’m going to highlight 3 different tools that make life easier when using Apache Cassandra.
The first tool that we are going to talk about is called Helonos. It is a free web-based environment that simplifies data exploring & schema management when using Apache Cassandra. Its main features include:
- Exploring schema
- Viewing properties of keyspaces and column families
- Add / remove / truncate column family
- Add / Drop keyspace
- Data browsing via:
- keyRange
- predicate
- Results pagination
- CQL support
- Authentication
- Admin and read-only roles
Its current version is 1.5 but 1.6 is in the pipeline with several features on the wishlist. Follow this link if you wish to see a preview of the tool in action.
The second tool that we are going to talk about is called tip-cluster. It is a provisioning tool designed to benchmark and test Apache Cassandra. It assists with builds and starting instances on AWS. It mains features include:
- Initializing Clusters
- Launching Instances
- Installing Cassandra
The last tool we’re are going to talk about is called Datadog. It’s an open-source, software that lets you collect and report metrics from your hosts so that you can view and monitor them in Datadog. It’s main features include:
- Seamlessly aggregates metrics and events across the full DevOps stack.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application performance.
- Quickly search, filter, and analyze your logs for troubleshooting and open-ended exploration of your data.
- End-to-end user experience visibility in a single platform.
- High-resolution metrics and events for manipulation and graphing.
- Visibility across teams.
- Notifies you of performance problems, whether they affect a single host or a massive cluster.
- Full API access to bring observability to all your apps and infrastructure.
The best part about this tool is that it only takes 1 command to install!
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- 3 Useful Apache Cassandra Tools: Part 1
- 3 Useful Apache Cassandra Tools: Part 2
- 3 Useful Apache Cassandra Tools: Part 3
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- 3 Useful Apache Cassandra Tools: Part 5
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