DataStax Community Edition

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DataStax Community Edition is a free packaged distribution of Apache Cassandra™ made available by DataStax. There’s no faster, easier way to get started with Cassandra than to download, install, and use DataStax Community Edition.

DataStax Community Consists of Several Components
1. The Most Up-to-Date Version of Apache Cassandra (Currently Version 1.2.4)
2. OpsCenter Community Edition (Included in Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 Installer)
3. Sample Application and Demo Database
4. Smart Installers for Linux, Windows, and Mac

DataStax Community Edition 1.2.4 Installation Guides

Centos 5.x, 6.x Tarball

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, 6.x (32/64-bit) Tarball or RPM Using Yum

Debian 6.x (32/64-bit) Tarball or DEB using apt-get

Ubuntu 10.x, 11.x, 12.x Tarball or DEB using apt-get

Mac OSX 10.x (32/64-bit) Tarball

Windows MSI Installer (Windows)

Amazon EC2

Download DataStax OpsCenter 3.1

Centos 5.x, 6.x Tarball or Install RPM Using Yum

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x, 6.x (32/64-bit) Tarball or RPM Using Yum

Debian 6.x (32/64-bit) Tarball or DEB using apt-get

Ubuntu 10.x, 11.x, 12.x Tarball or DEB using apt-get

Mac OSX 10.x (32/64-bit) Tarball

Overview | Platforms | Compare | Documentation

Latest Version of Apache Cassandra

DataStax Community Edition provides the latest database release from the Apache Cassandra community for those wanting to stay on the cutting edge of Cassandra development.

DataStax OpsCenter Community Edition

DataStax Community Edition supplies a free edition of DataStax OpsCenter, the #1 visual management and monitoring solution in use today for Apache Cassandra. With OpsCenter, developers can manage and monitor their Cassandra clusters in point-and-click fashion from any location and from nearly any device (desktop, laptop, iPad).

Fastest Path from Install to Development

DataStax Community Edition provides smart installers for Linux, Windows, and Mac that get you up and running with Cassandra and DataStax OpsCenter in minutes. A sample database and application are also included to showcase how a Cassandra data model is constructed and how applications connect and interact with a Cassandra database.

Next Steps

DataStax Community — Supported Platforms
The following is a list of platforms supported by DataStax Community. The table below shows supported operating systems, the system architecture and their functionality with DataStax Community versions.

Operating System	Architecture	1.x
Centos
Centos 5.5-6.2	x86	Dev only
Centos 6.0-2	x86_64	Full
Centos 5.8	x86_64	Full
Centos 5.6	x86_64	Full
Centos 5.5	x86_64	Full
Debian
Debian 5.x-6.x	x86	Dev only
Debian 6.x	x86_64	Full
Debian 5.x	x86_64	Full
Mac
OSX 10.6	x86, x86_64	Dev only
OSX 10.5	x86, x86_64	Dev only
Oracle
Oracle Linux 6	x86, x86_64	Full
Red Hat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5-6.2	x86	Dev only
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1-2	x86_64	Full
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6	x86_64	Full
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5	x86_64	Full
SUSE
SUSE Linux 11.2	x86_64	Full
SUSE Linux 11.4	x86_64	Full
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 10.x-12.x	x86	Dev only
Ubuntu 12.04	x86_64	Full
Ubuntu 11.x	x86_64	Full
Ubuntu 10.x	x86_64	Full
Windows
Windows 2008 Server	x86, x86_64	Dev only
Windows 7	x86, x86_64	Dev only

DataStax Community – Compare Editions

DataStax provides two great editions of its complete distribution for Cassandra:

DataStax Enterprise Edition: Provides a complete integrated database management platform for both real-time and analytic data, all powered by a certified version of Cassandra. Supplies workload management/isolation between real-time and analytic operations. Also includes the enterprise version of DataStax OpsCenter, full production support, and more.

DataStax Community Edition: Contains the latest version of the Cassandra database for real-time data management, plus a free version of DataStax OpsCenter. Not supported for production systems.

Feature	DataStax Community	DataStax Enterprise
Database Software
Data Platform	Latest Community Cassandra	Production Certified Cassandra
Base Client Interfaces (CQL, JDBC)
Continuously available Hadoop with MapReduce, Hive, Sqoop, Mahout, and Pig
Enterprise search with Solr
Workload/Workflow Isolation
Workload/Workflow reprovisioning
Easy migration of RDBMS and log data
Certified Service Packs
Management Software
OpsCenter	Community Edition	Enterprise Edition
Services
Community Support
DataStax Production Support
Consultative Support
Hot Fixes
Bug Escalation Privilege
Custom Builds		Option
Active EOL Support (2 year)
Extended EOL (Active + 3 years)		Option
Licensing	Free	Subscription

Apache Cassandra Documentation
Cassandra 1.2	HTML	PDF
Cassandra 1.1	HTML	PDF
Cassandra 1.0	HTML	PDF
Cassandra 0.8	HTML
Cassandra 0.7	HTML