Introduction to Cassandra 3.x and beyond + Graph & Spark


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The 3.x versions of Apache Cassandra brought a lot of changes to the way data is stored and manipulated. It's exciting, even for people who have been using it since version 0.4.
For this session we will give four 20 minute talks:
- Introduction to Cassandra
Explaining some of the architecture and operations that Cassandra uses to operate of as cluster of machines, how it handles consistency, and the basics of reading and writing data to disk.
- What's new in CQL
Looking at recent improvements such as Materialised Views, UDF and UDAs (well, they were 2.2 but who's counting), per partition Limits, and why you dont have to "freeze" your UDT's.
- Storage Engine Changes
Diving into the new 3.X storage engine format, a major re-write of the on disk format. The storage engine now understands the CQL layout and optimises the bytes used on disk and how they are accessed.
- The Bleeding Edge
Talking about what has just arrived and what is coming. This talk will touch on ideas like SASI indexes, Change Data Capture, Partition Level Aggregations. and Thread Per Core.
CLOSING
A quick overview of new features in the upcoming major release of DataStax Enterprise including DSE Graph and new Spark integrations.
SPEAKERS
Aaron Morton is the Co Founder & CEO at The Last Pickle (thelastpickle.com (http://thelastpickle.com/)). A professional services company that works with clients to deliver and improve Apache Cassandra based solutions. He's based in New Zealand, is an Apache Cassandra Committer and a DataStax MVP for Apache Cassandra.
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Mick Semb Wever is a Team Member and Consultant at The Last Pickle (thelastpickle.com (http://thelastpickle.com/)). He's based in Australia, is a PMC Chair for Apache Tiles and a DataStax MVP for Apache Cassandra. Mick is an advocate for change towards microservices built upon modern data-driven practices that introduce eventually consistent highly available solutions using Apache technologies like Cassandra, Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.
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As always, food and drinks will be served on the night so please make sure you RSVP for catering purposes.

Introduction to Cassandra 3.x and beyond + Graph & Spark