Amazon Keyspaces
#56 · Level 2 · Scaling and resilience · DatabaseConcept
Section titled “Concept”Amazon Keyspaces is a serverless database compatible with Apache Cassandra. Cassandra is a NoSQL database built for huge amounts of data and very heavy writing. In Keyspaces you can use Cassandra’s query language, CQL, and familiar drivers. AWS itself handles running, patching and scaling servers or clusters. Data is copied across several Availability Zones.
Simple example
Section titled “Simple example”The same game with the same rules for a team that knows Cassandra, but looking after the field is AWS’s job.
Why it’s needed
Section titled “Why it’s needed”Cassandra is great for huge data, but hard to run yourself. Keyspaces removes that hassle.
Where it’s used
Section titled “Where it’s used”Data that is written very heavily — device logs, message history, and time-based information.
Azure equivalent
Section titled “Azure equivalent”Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra / Cosmos DB for Cassandra
Learn more
Section titled “Learn more”For details and the latest information, see the official documentation: