README.md

Running Cluster Backups for Cassandra

General Snapshot Strategy

1. Take / keep a snapshot every 30 min for the latest 3 hours;
2. Keep a snapshot every 6 hours for the last day, delete other snapshots;
3. Keep a snapshot every day for the last month, delete other snapshots;

Running Backups with Cassandra Medusa

For information on how to use Cassandra Medusa, see the official documentation.

Using with AWS

For further information on how to setup AWS S3 backups with Cassandra Medusa, checkout the official documentation here. See also the related blog post: https://thelastpickle.com/blog/2018/04/03/cassandra-backup-and-restore-aws-ebs.html

Running Backups with Tablesnap

For information on how to use Tablesnap, see the official documentation.

Further Reading

For more resources on backing up Cassandra in general:

• https://devops.com/things-know-planning-cassandra-backup
• http://techblog.constantcontact.com/devops/cassandra-and-backups/
• https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/snap-cassandra-s3-tablesnap-vijaya-kumar-hosamani/

README todos:

• TODO add more instructions for running backups with Medusa
• TODO add more instructions for running backups with Tablesnap