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Cassandra backups made easy with Medusa and Kubernetes by Aaron Ploetz

Let's be honest: backing up Apache Cassandra can be a real pain. So much so that many of us, even seasoned pros, have made excuses to avoid it. "It's eventually consistent anyway," or "it's not our primary source of truth." Sound familiar? 😅 In this practical and honest talk from the Community Over Code 2025 conference, Cassandra committer and industry veteran Aaron Ploetz tackles this challenge head-on. He pulls back the curtain on why traditional Cassandra backups are so difficult and presents a modern, powerful solution using Medusa and Kubernetes. Forget complex scripts and manual processes. Join Aaron for a deep dive and a live demo to see how the K8ssandra project makes robust, cluster-wide backups and restores shockingly simple—often with just a single kubectl apply command. In this session, you will learn: The Core Problem: Understand the fundamental challenges of managing backups across a distributed Cassandra cluster. The Excuses: Hear the common (and relatable) reasons engineers skip backups and why they don't hold up. Meet Medusa: Get an introduction to Medusa, the open-source backup tool from Spotify and The Last Pickle that simplifies operations. K8ssandra Integration: See the elegant architecture of how Medusa runs as a sidecar container within K8ssandra, making it native to your Kubernetes environment. Live Demo 💻: Watch a step-by-step walkthrough of configuring a backup, taking a full cluster snapshot, and invoking a restore, all using kubectl. A "Not-So-Proud" War Story: Learn from a real-world, cautionary tale about a creative (but flawed) backup solution implemented at Target. If you're running Cassandra, especially on Kubernetes, this is a must-watch session to help you eliminate the excuses and finally make your backups easy and reliable. About the Speaker Aaron Ploetz is a committer on the Apache Cassandra project and an Engineering Lead with extensive experience managing large-scale NoSQL databases at companies like Target and Granger. He is the author of "Mastering Apache Cassandra 3.x" and is a passionate advocate for simplifying Cassandra operations. Resources Mentioned Medusa on GitHub: https://github.com/thelastpickle/cass... K8ssandra: https://k8ssandra.io/