In this blog entry it says that you can install Cassandra in any OS, however I wonder if there is a preference between Windows and Linux. Moreover, if a customer decides to install Cassandra in Linux, does Skyline provides support as usual? Or is support limited to Windows OS?
Hi Sebastian,
Skyline Provides support for both Windows and Linux installations of Cassandra databases associated with DataMiner systems.
Currently we state no preference for the host operating system, but we pay close attention to current trends and recommendations from 3rd party providers, so this could be subject to change in the future.
We have now updated our third-party software support life cycle documentation to reflect this: https://docs.dataminer.services/user-guide/Reference/Software_support_life_cycles.html#third-party-software-support-life-cycle
Hi Sebastian,
Skyline will provide support if there are issues on their system even when their DB is running on Linux environments. Skyline uses by default Windows machines to run Cassandra (as Cassandra is installed on the same server as DataMiner).
If you have a heavily loaded system on DB level (e.g. a lot of trending or alarming) you want to run Cassandra on a separate server to prevent Cassandra from impacting your DataMiner services. When you want to install Cassandra on a separate server you can choose on what operating system you install your Cassandra node. It is up to the user to decide if they prefer Linux or Windows.
Hi Sebastian, refer DataStax documentation, following platforms are supported: https://docs.datastax.com/en/landing_page/doc/landing_page/supportedPlatforms.html
Note: Since Cassandra 4.x (released on July 26, 2021), Cassandra no longer supports Windows as OS. This means Linux is now the way forward and we advise using Ubuntu LTS as this is the OS that we generally test with. We have install scripts to install Cassandra on Ubuntu: https://catalog.dataminer.services/details/package/5621