Migration from Cassandra to DynamoDB

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A presentation about migrating a primary datastore from Cassandra to AWS DynamoDB, explaining the reasons for the migration, the migration process, key steps taken, and various pitfalls encountered during the move.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:28Conversations product overview
3. 8:20Cassandra production issues
4. 14:21Database alternatives decision
5. 16:11Why DynamoDB chosen
6. 17:55DynamoDB solves Cassandra issues
7. 20:42Migration planning with PMs
8. 22:07Schema and secondary indexes
9. 23:52Dual head write setup
10. 24:35DynamoDB pricing and scaling
11. 27:24Data migration scripts
12. 29:12Versioned attributes for control
13. 30:15Post-migration data validation
14. 30:57Migration tools and flags
15. 32:00Monitoring with Rollbar and DataDog
16. 34:26Code refactoring during migration
17. 35:54Switching off Cassandra
18. 36:39Migration results and plans
19. 39:07Q&A

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