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Priam
2.x status:
3.x status:
Priam is a process/tool that runs alongside Apache Cassandra to automate the following:
- Backup and recovery (Complete and incremental)
- Token management
- Seed discovery
- Configuration
- Support AWS environment
Apache Cassandra is a highly available, column oriented database: http://cassandra.apache.org.
The name 'Priam' refers to the King of Troy in Greek mythology, who was the father of Cassandra.
Priam is actively developed and used at Netflix.
Features:
- Token management using SimpleDB
- Support multi-region Cassandra deployment in AWS via public IP.
- Automated security group update in multi-region environment.
- Backup SSTables from local ephemeral disks to S3.
- Uses Snappy compression to compress backup data on the fly.
- Backup throttling
- Pluggable modules for future enhancements (support for multiple data storage).
- APIs to list and restore backup data.
- REST APIs for backup/restore and other operations
Compatibility Matrix
Priam versions and their compatibility with Cassandra versions in explained in matrix below
| Priam Branch (Release) | Cassandra Version | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3.11 | C* 3.11 | Currently it supports Apache Cassandra 3.x |
| 3.x | C* 2.1.x | Any minor version of C* 2.1.x |
| 2.x | C* 2.0.x | Any minor version of C* 2.0.x is supported. No longer under active development |
| 1.2.x | C* 1.2 only | Any minor version of C* 1.2.x is supported. No longer under active development |
| 1.1 | C* 1.1 only | No longer under active devleopment |
| master | C* 1.2 - 2.0 | Currently it supports C* v1.2 and 2.0. No longer under active development |