About DataStax Enterprise
DataStax Enterprise is a big data platform built on Apache Cassandra that manages real-time, analytics, and enterprise search data. DataStax Enterprise leverages Cassandra, Apache Hadoop, and Apache Solr to shift your focus from the data infrastructure to using your data strategically.
DataStax Enterprise is a big data platform built on Apache Cassandra that manages real-time, analytics, and enterprise search data. DataStax Enterprise leverages Cassandra, Apache Hadoop, and Apache Solr to shift your focus from the data infrastructure to using your data strategically, as described in the DataStax Enterprise overview.
New features
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In certain applications, such as ad bidding, response time is critical. A few milliseconds advantage over another application in responding to a bid request can determine which advertiser gets the placement. DataStax Enterprise 4.0 provides the in-memory option for Cassandra to accommodate these applications.
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Cassandra 2.0.1-2.0.3 enhancements, including:
- Lightweight transactions, performance enhancements
- Column aliases
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Optional TCP-based Solr communications that provide lower latency, improved throughput, and reduced resource consumption
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Support for Solr custom field types
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New mbeans for obtaining Solr commit and query latency information
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Support for new Hive 0.12 data types date, varchar, and decimal
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Support for the Hive INSERT INTO SELECT statement to copy data from one table and inserting it into another
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Improved performance of Cassandra File System (CassandraFS) compaction on analytics/Hadoop nodes
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Capabilities for configuring the Disk Health Checker
- Performance enhancements reading MapReduce files