Apache Cassandra version 3.11 support beyond EOL
- The Apache Cassandra Project Team has announced that versions 3.0.x and 3.11.x will reach End of Life at the end of 2023.
- Users are encouraged to upgrade to Cassandra 4.0 or 4.1 for significant advantages.
- However, Azure Managed Instance for Apache Cassandra will fully support version 3.11 until the end of 2024, including required CVE patches and bug fixes.
- Support for turnkey in-place major version upgrades is also coming soon.
- Users can migrate from self-hosted Cassandra 3.11 to Azure Managed Instance by configuring a hybrid cluster and streaming data into Azure through gossip replication.
- Azure Managed Instance for Cassandra is a first-party managed service for open-source Cassandra in Azure.
- Quickstart documentation, pricing, and technical documentation for Azure Managed Instance for Cassandra can be found in the Azure Portal.
- Azure Cosmos DB, a fully managed NoSQL and relational database service, also supports open-source Apache Cassandra, along with PostgreSQL and MongoDB.