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Come learn about how Zonar Systems uses Cassandra for logistics use cases such as tracking fleets of school buses and other fleet management services. Zonar uses Cassandra because because of its ability to scale horizontally, its continuous availability and operational ease. This talk will cover details about the implementation and our 3 year journey that got us here, including the challenges along the way.
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Logistics with Cassandra
Jesse Young | VP of Software Development, Zonar Systems
* Overview of Zonar Systems * Technical challenges * Examples * The road to Cassandra
What we will discuss today…
Overview of Zonar Systems
* Seattle * Heavy fleet telematics * Hardware Enabled SaaS
About Zonar
* DOT pre/post trip inspections * GPS data * Vehicle diagnostics * Photos * More…
Types of Data
Technical challenges at Zonar
* 100+ Database servers * 3,000+ Databases * 100+ TB of storage
Existing Data Storage
* Data replication * Fast insert and retrieval of data * Horizontally scalable * Easy to administer
Big Data Issue
* Built-in data replication * Fast data inserts * Fast retrieval of data * Easy administration * TTLs
Big Data solution - Cassandra
Examples
Photos Elevations ZPass+
* Cheap storage * Grow capacity easily * TTLs
Photos
* Large data set * Heavy reads * Key based * Scale for performance
Elevation Data
* Track bus ridership * Read and write heavy * Millions of users * Scale horizontally * Twissandra
ZPass+
The road to Cassandra usage
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