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The Evolution of Cassandra Data Movement at Netflix
Netflix replaced its Cassandra-to-Iceberg movement engine with a layered platform that reads backups directly from S3, converts them to Spark DataFrames, and lets each data abstraction build its own optimized connector. The engine moves about 3 PB/day, migration uses shadow validation, enhanced observability, and a Maestro Decider fallback to the prior solution, enabling a transparent cutover with zero downstream code changes.
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