Aerospike: Up and Running

Table of contents

1. Preface
   1. Conventions Used in This Book
   2. Using Code Examples
   3. O’Reilly Online Learning
   4. How to Contact Us
   5. Acknowledgments
2. 1. Introduction to Aerospike
   1. What Makes Aerospike Different
      1. Availability and Consistency (AP and CP Modes)
      2. Flash Optimization
   2. What Makes Aerospike Optimal for Submillisecond Workloads
      1. Avoiding Hotspots with Shared-Nothing Architecture
      2. Keeping Performance Predictable with Resilient Stability
      3. Reducing Cluster Size with Optimal Use of Each Node
   3. Why Milliseconds Matter
   4. Summary
3. 2. Developing Your First Aerospike Application
   1. Installing Aerospike
      1. Installing Aerospike on Windows or a Mac
      2. Installing Aerospike on Linux
      3. Deployments Made Simple with AeroLab
   2. Aerospike Terminology
   3. Simple First Application
      1. Establishing a Connection to the Database
      2. Inserting and Retrieving Data
   4. Using Aerospike Quick Look
   5. Policies
   6. Summary
4. 3. Basic Operations
   1. CRUD Operations
      1. Data Types
      2. Data Lifecycle
      3. Create
      4. Read
      5. Update
      6. Delete
      7. Lightweight Operations
      8. Batch
   2. Summary
5. 4. Advanced Operations
   1. The operate() Command
      1. Simplifying the Program
      2. The Operation Class
      3. ListOperation and MapOperation
      4. Inverted Flag
      5. Contexts
   2. Expressions
      1. Filter Expressions
      2. Trilean Logic
      3. Read Expressions
   3. Batch Operations
      1. Batch Writes
      2. Arbitrary Batch Operations
      3. Using the Secondary Index
      4. Multiple Predicate Queries
   4. Summary
6. 5. Architecture
   1. Scale Out
      1. Shared-Nothing Database Cluster
      2. Data Distribution
      3. Cluster Self-Management
      4. Cluster View
      5. Cluster View Changes
      6. Intelligent Clients
      7. Cluster Node Handling
   2. Scale Up
      1. Hybrid Memory Architecture
      2. Multicore Processors
      3. Memory Fragmentation
      4. Data Structure Design
      5. Scheduling and Prioritization
      6. Parallelism
   3. Distributed Transaction Consistency
      1. Strong Consistency in Transactions
      2. Roster
      3. Split-Brain Conditions
      4. Writes
      5. Rack Awareness
   4. Summary
7. 6. Data Modeling
   1. Aerospike Data Modeling
   2. Secondary Indexes
   3. Aggregating Subobjects into One Record
   4. Aggregating Subobjects into Multiple Records
      1. Additional Operations on This Model
      2. Further Refinements
   5. Associating Objects
      1. Updating Relationships
      2. Reading Related Objects
      3. Storing of IDs
   6. Other Common Data Modeling Problems
      1. External ID Resolution
      2. The Very Small Object Problem
      3. Expiry of Map Entries
   7. Summary
8. 7. Administration, Tools, and Configuration
   1. Configuration
      1. Anatomy of a Config File
      2. Dynamic Configuration
   2. Tools
      1. asinfo
      2. asadm
      3. Aerospike Quick Look
      4. asbackup and asrestore
      5. asloglatency, asbench
   3. Security
   4. Summary
9. 8. Monitoring and Best Practices
   1. Monitoring
      1. Application Metrics
      2. Aerospike Database Metrics
      3. Prometheus
      4. Metrics Reference
      5. Alert Rules and Dashboards
   2. Software Updates
      1. Preparation
      2. Upgrade
      3. Quiesce
   3. Troubleshooting
   4. Summary
10. 9. Advanced Concepts
    1. Synchronous Active-Active System
    2. Asychronous System
       1. Active-Passive Topologies
       2. Active-Active Topologies
       3. Shipping Strategy
       4. Rewind
       5. Convergence
       6. Non-Aerospike Destinations
       7. Ordering Limitations
    3. Strong Consistency Can Be Fast
    4. Summary
11. 10. Aerospike Practical Examples
    1. User Profile Store
       1. Data Model
       2. Expiry of Elements
    2. Customer 360
       1. Data Model
    3. Fraud Detection
       1. Brute Force
       2. Decision Trees or Neural Networks
       3. Vectors
    4. Summary
12. About the Authors