Supercharge Cassandra Migrations with DataStax Astra Migration Toolkit
Whether you're moving from Apache Cassandra®, DSE, or another Cassandra-compatible database, the Migration Toolkit provides an easy and low-risk approach to load SSTables directly into Astra DB, dramatically accelerating your cloud migration journey.
Migrating data to the cloud doesn’t have to be painful—or slow. Join us for a live session where we dive into the DataStax Astra Migration Toolkit, with a focus on the powerful Sideloader utility. Whether you're moving from Apache Cassandra®, DSE, or another Cassandra-compatible database, the Migration Toolkit provides an easy and low-risk approach to load SSTables directly into Astra DB, dramatically accelerating your cloud migration journey.
In this session, you’ll learn:
- What the Astra Migration Toolkit is.
- How the Sideloader works under the hood.
- Best practices for preparing your data for migration.
- A step-by-step demo: from SSTables to Astra DB in minutes.
Whether you're a cloud architect, data engineer, or just curious about modernizing your Cassandra stack, this session is packed with practical insights and live Q&A. Bring your questions and get ready to streamline your path to the cloud!
Speakers

Aaron Ploetz
Developer Relations Engineer
DataStax

Jeremy Hanna
DataStax