Cassandra Lunch #15: Cassandra Backup / Restoration - Business Platform Team

In Cassandra Lunch #15, we discuss Cassandra Backup / Restoration. We discuss disaster avoidance, disaster recovery, and different tools that can be used for backup and restoration of your Cassandra data. Also, we discuss an example scenario of how someone has set up multi-node clusters and how they go about data backup and restoration. StrategyIn the strategy for backup / restoration, we cover disaster avoidance, disaster recovery, and tools for cassandra backup and restoration. Disaster AvoidanceFor disaster avoidance, we discuss strategy for using multi-datacenter, multi-region, and/or multi-cloud clusters. We also discuss examples using AWS and Google, which you can see more in-depth in the video linked below.Disaster RecoveryWe discussed 3 methods of disaster recovery and a more in-depth explanation can be found in the video linked below.Cassandra Backup / RestoreSingle nodeSnapshot + RestoreMulti-nodeSnapshot + Restore (same size cluster vs different sized cluster)Cloud Iaas Snapshot Backup / RestoreAWS EBSCassandra Backup + Upload to Distributed Filesystem (S3)Tools for Backup / RestorationWe also covered a few different tools that can be used for backup and restoration. A more in-depth discussion about those tools can be seen in the video linked below.DataStax Ops CenterAutomated data synchronizationFull and continuous backupsSeamless enterprise integrationSimplified upgradesEnd-to-end performance visibilityComprehensive cluster health managementTablesnapUses inotify to monitor Cassandra SSTables and upload them to AWS S3Cassandra MedusaMedusa is an Apache Cassandra backup system.Medusa is a command-line tool that offers the following features:single node backupsingle node restorecluster-wide in place restorecluster-wide remote restorebackup purgesupport for local storage, GCS, AWS S3, and others through Apache Libcloudsupport for clusters using single tokens or vnodesfull or incremental backupsCurrently does not supportCassandra deployments with multiple data folder directoriesCassandra-BackupBackup utility and library for Apache CassandraThe tool is able to perform these operations:backup of SSTablesrestore of SSTablesbackup of commit logsrestore of commit logsRubrik Mosaic (Datos.io)Simplifies protection and data management of MongoDB, DataStax Enterprise, and Cassandra while assuring application availability.Achieve a significant storage economy with incremental forever backup and semantic deduplication.Mosaic always-consistent backup speeds recovery and lets you start using the application during recovery.Mosaic is cloud-native, runs on-premises, or both.Mosaic reduces multiple NoSQL replicas into a single always-consistent copy and stores the backup on any cloud.Example ScenarioWe also discussed an example scenario of how someone has set up multi-node clusters and how they go about data backup and restoration. A more in-depth discussion of this example can be seen in the video linked below.Cassandra Lunch #15 Additional ResourcesDocumentation: https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/operating/backups.html Cassandra Backup and Restore – Backup in AWS using EBS Volumes: https://thelastpickle.com/blog/2018/04/03/cassandra-backup-and-restore-aws-ebs.html Create and restore Cassandra backups: https://docs.bitnami.com/google-templates/infrastructure/cassandra/administration/backup-restore/ How To Backup And Restore A Cassandra Keyspace In Linux:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnn1QWCG9AI Cassandra | Apache Cassandra | Cassandra Backup | Cassandra Backup and Restore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw1hez8Ry7cICYMICassandra.LinkCassandra.Link is a knowledge base that we created for all things Apache Cassandra. Our goal with Cassandra.Link was to not only fill the gap of Planet Cassandra, but to bring the Cassandra community together. Feel free to reach out if you wish to collaborate with us on this project in any capacity.We are a technology company that specializes in building business platforms. If you have any questions about the tools discussed in this post or about any of our services, feel free to send us an email! Posted in Modern Business | Comments Off on Cassandra Lunch #15: Cassandra Backup / Restoration