{"id":6358,"date":"2023-06-20T06:24:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/?p=6358"},"modified":"2023-06-20T06:24:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T13:24:52","slug":"latest-features-in-azure-managed-instance-for-apache-cassandra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/latest-features-in-azure-managed-instance-for-apache-cassandra\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest features in Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you self-hosting open-source Apache Cassandra on-premises or in the cloud? What if you could have patching, deployment, scaling, platform security, cloud infrastructure, and live site support taken care of for you&#8230; for not much more than the cost of running virtual machines in the public cloud?<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/services\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra<\/a>! A first-party service in Azure, built by Azure Cosmos DB engineers, hosting and <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/management-operations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">maintaining<\/a> pure open-source Apache Cassandra clusters. The service allows you to spend more time focusing on developing your solution while keeping everything you love about Apache Cassandra, and gaining all the benefits of the cloud!<\/p>\n<p>In this blog, we&#8217;ll give you an update on some of the latest features we&#8217;ve released for this service. Watch this space for more updates in the future!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y4mc6CXA8U0\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Apache Cassandra 4.0 GA<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This version of Apache Cassandra is now GA for this service. Check out the important changes in Apache Cassandra 4.0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cassandra.apache.org\/doc\/4.0\/cassandra\/new\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. <span class=\"ui-provider gl b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Cassandra 4.0 is now the default when deploying clusters using the Azure <a class=\"fui-Link ___1idfs5o f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f2hkw1w fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1h8hb77 f1x7u7e9 f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/create-cluster-portal\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/create-cluster-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link portal\">portal<\/a> or <a class=\"fui-Link ___1idfs5o f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1hu3pq6 f11qmguv f19f4twv f1tyq0we f1g0x7ka fhxju0i f1qch9an f1cnd47f fqv5qza f1vmzxwi f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh ftqa4ok f2hkw1w fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1h8hb77 f1x7u7e9 f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/create-cluster-cli\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/create-cluster-cli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link CLI\">CLI<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"What&#039;s New in Apache Cassandra 4.0?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kOf29M8qFts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>De-allocate cluster<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To help users save development costs, you can now <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/create-cluster-portal#de-allocate-cluster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pause and resume<\/a> any non-production cluster while retaining all the stored data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6358-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/deallocate.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/deallocate.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/deallocate.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Azure Monitor Insights (Preview)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra, you get an out-of-the-box experience for <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/monitor-clusters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metrics and monitoring<\/a>, and now we&#8217;ve added curated visualizations known as <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/azure-monitor\/insights\/insights-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Monitor Insights<\/a>. These are a subset of the full set of metrics; those most important for monitoring your clusters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6358-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/insights-demo-1.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/insights-demo-1.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/insights-demo-1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Azure Monitor Alerts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can now <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/azure-monitor\/alerts\/alerts-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">configure Azure Monitor Alerts<\/a> directly from the metrics view in Azure portal.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6358-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/monitor-alerts.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/monitor-alerts.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/monitor-alerts.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Vertical Scaling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can now <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/create-cluster-portal#vertical-scale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scale to a more powerful SKU<\/a> for your Cassandra nodes, allowing vertical scalability and scaling out horizontally.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6358-4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/vertical-scale.mp4?_=4\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/vertical-scale.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/vertical-scale.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Cassandra Lucene Index (Preview)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Cassandra Lucene Index is a plugin for Apache Cassandra that extends its index functionality to provide full text search capabilities and free multivariable, geospatial, and bitemporal search. For more information, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/search-lucene-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">documentation<\/a> on this feature.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6358-5\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/lucene-index.mp4?_=5\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/lucene-index.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/lucene-index.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>More SKUs\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>We&#8217;ve now <strong>Esv5, Easv5, Dsv5<\/strong>, and <strong>DasV5<\/strong> to the existing family of Cassandra node SKU sizes.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-6358-6\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop autoplay preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/cass-mi-sku.mp4?_=6\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/cass-mi-sku.mp4\">https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/cosmosdb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2023\/06\/cass-mi-sku.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 id=\"getting-started\" class=\"\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Getting started<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Find Azure Managed Instance for Cassandra in <a href=\"https:\/\/ms.portal.azure.com\/#home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Azure Portal<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get started easily using <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/create-cluster-portal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quickstart documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find out about pricing <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/pricing\/details\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/?cdn=disable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Read all our technical documentation <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/azure\/managed-instance-apache-cassandra\/\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\/products\/cosmos-db\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Azure Cosmos DB<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\"> is a fully managed NoSQL and relational database for modern app development with SLA-backed speed and availability, automatic and instant scalability, and support for open-source PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Apache Cassandra. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cosmos.azure.com\/try\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Try Azure Cosmos DB for free here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. 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