What is DataStax Enterprise?
DataStax Enterprise is a complete big data platform, built on Apache Cassandra™, architected to manage real-time, analytic, and enterprise search data in the same database cluster.
DataStax Enterprise consists of three components:
- DataStax Enterprise Server
- OpsCenter
- Expert Production Support & Services
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.
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- 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.
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| Feature | DataStax Community | DataStax Enterprise |
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| Database Software | ||
| Data Platform | Latest Community Cassandra | Production Certified Cassandra |
| Security Features | General security features | General and advanced security features |
| Base Client Interfaces (CQL, JDBC) |  |
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| Continuously available Hadoop with MapReduce, Hive, Sqoop, Mahout, and Pig | |
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| Enterprise search with Solr | |
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| Workload/Workflow Isolation | |
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| Workload/Workflow reprovisioning | |
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| Easy migration of RDBMS and log data | |
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| Certified Service Packs | |
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| Management Software | ||
| OpsCenter | Community Edition | Enterprise Edition |
| Services | ||
| Community Support | |
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| DataStax Production Support | |
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| Consultative Support | |
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| Hot Fixes | |
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| Bug Escalation Privilege | |
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| Custom Builds | Option | |
| Active EOL Support (2 year) | |
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| Extended EOL (Active + 3 years) | Option | |
| Licensing | Free | Subscription |
