Cassandra Without the Pain: Say Goodbye to Operational Overhead With Astra DB
Blog post from DataStax
Many enterprises are turning to open source NoSQL Apache Cassandra® as their globally distributed database for handling massive amounts of complex data in real-time. However, operational overhead can be a challenge with managing and maintaining Cassandra. Astra DB is a cloud database built on Cassandra that offers a serverless, pay-as-you-go managed service, eliminating the pain associated with infrastructure setup, installation, configuration, security, operation, and scaling. It provides turnkey security, flexibility for both schemaless JSON documents and schema-first approaches, continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) support, true auto scaling, and compatibility across cloud providers. Astra DB is a preferred choice of developers working for leading organizations like Venmo, Barracuda, Priceline, and more. It offers $300/year in free credit with the most generous free tier of any DBaaS.
| Trend | Post Mentions | Total Month Mentions | Posts | Companies | MoM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real-time | 4 | 1,364 | 422 | 132 | +18% |
| Serverless | 1 | 599 | 133 | 63 | -20% |
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