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- -- dims Otis Gospodnetic wrote: > +1 > > > Otis-- > Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Ian Holsman <li...@holsman.net> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 5:01:37 PM >> Subject: [VOTE] Accept Cassandra into the Incubator >> >> >> Dear Incubator PMC, >> >> There has been some discussion around the Cassandra proposal, >> and we would now like to officially propose Cassandra to the Incubator >> for consideration.. >> >> Please vote on accepting Cassandra project for incubation. The full >> Cassandra proposal is available at the end of this message and as a wiki >> page at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/Cassandra. We ask the >> Incubator PMC to sponsor the Cassandra podling, with Brian as the Champion, >> and >> Torsten, Matthieu, and Ian volunteering to mentor as well. >> >> The vote is open for the next 72 hours and only votes from the >> Incubator PMC are binding. >> >> [ ] +1 Accept Cassandra as a new podling >> [ ] -1 Do not accept the new podling (provide reason, please) >> >> ---- >> = Abstract = >> >> Cassandra is a distributed storage system for managing >> structured/unstructured >> data while providing reliability at a massive scale. >> >> = Background = >> >> Development of Cassandra started in Facebook in June 2007. It started of a >> system to solve the Inbox Search problem and since then has >> matured to solve various storage problems associated with >> structured/unstructured data. >> >> = Rationale = >> >> Cassandra is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that >> is >> designed to scale to a very large size across many commodity servers, with >> no >> single point of failure. >> The philosophy behind the design of the storage portion of Cassandra is that >> it >> be able to satisfy the requirements of applications that demand storage of >> large >> amounts of structured data. Reliability at massive scale is a very big >> challenge. Outages in the service can have significant negative impact. >> Hence >> Cassandra aims to run on top of an infrastructure of hundreds of nodes >> (possibly spread across different datacenters). At this scale, small and >> large >> components fail continuously; the way Cassandra manages the persistent state >> in >> the face of these failures drives the reliability and scalability of the >> software systems relying on this service. >> >> = Initial Source = >> >> Intial Source can be obtained from the following site - >> http://the-cassandra-project.googlecode.com/svn/branches/development/. The >> mailing list is currently maintained at the same site. >> We will move it over to Apache once this proposal has been accepted. >> >> = Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan = >> >> = External Dependencies = >> * All dependencies have Apache compatible licenses. Dependencies are log4j, >> Thrift, Apache Commons. >> >> = Cryptography = >> * None >> = Committers = >> >> * Avinash Lakshman >> * Prashant Malik >> * Kannan Muthukkaruppan >> * Jiansheng Huang >> * Dan Dumitriu >> >> = Current Status = >> == Meritocracy == >> >> * Though initial development was done at Facebook, Cassandra was intended to >> be >> released as an open source project from its inception. Environment will lend >> itself to support meritocracy at all times. >> >> == Community == >> * Folks who are actively considering deploying/prototyping Cassandra in >> their >> respective organizations. >> >> == Core Developers == >> * Avinash Lakshman >> * Prashant Malik >> * Kannan Muthukkaruppan >> >> == License == >> * The Cassandra codebase is Apache 2.0 licensed, and currently hosted at >> Google >> Code. >> = Known Risks/Avoiding the Warning Signs = >> >> == Orphaned Products == >> * Cassandra is already deployed within Facebook and many other organizations >> are >> actively moving to deploy this in production. Original developers >> are and will actively stay involved and hence there is no realistic chance >> of it >> getting orphaned. >> >> == Homogenous Developers == >> * The current list of committers includes developers from different >> companies. >> The committers are geographically distributed across the U.S. >> >> == Reliance on Salaried Developers == >> * Yes. But don't expect this to be a risk of any nature. >> >> == Relationships with Other Apache Products == >> * The Cassandra project is 'similar' to hbase/HDFS in concept, but Cassandra >> is >> more geared for Online web site usage than batch. It also doesn't have a >> single >> point of failure, which makes it interesting as well. >> >> * Cassandra makes use of the Thrift project. >> >> == An excessive fascination with the Apache brand == >> * Cassandra has already attracted a stable base of users. There are at least >> 3 >> companies who are planning to use Cassandra in production as far as we know. >> The >> reasons for joining Apache are not to advertise the project, but rather to >> demonstrate the commitment to open source by divorcing the trunk from any >> one >> corporation and pursuing further integration with other Apache projects. >> >> = Required Resources = >> == Mailing lists == >> >> Once the project is approved, the following mailing lists will be used for >> discussion. >> * cassandra-u...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> == Subversion Directory == >> >> *[WWW] https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/cassandra == Issue >> Tracking >> == >> >> * JIRA Cassandra >> >> = Sponsors = >> >> == Champion == >> * Brian McCallister == Mentors == >> * Torsten Curdt * Brian McCallister >> * Matthieu Riou >> * Ian Holsman >> >> == Sponsoring Entity == >> * Incubator >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAklRv/cACgkQgNg6eWEDv1mv9ACeNfGtLlM8nokn1eX0f2oRRZgG fCgAoJCLQ8F1BoeRDEL9+clDXoM4jLwe =NHut -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
