1975 is totally recent :s On Wed, Feb 8, 2017, 04:29 Jason Brown <jasedbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ben, > > This is pretty cool! Almost wish I could apply ;) > > >> "Distributed database systems are relatively new technology" > https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc677.txt.pdf - lol, 1975 :) > > -Jason > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 7:26 PM, Ben Bromhead <b...@instaclustr.com> wrote: > > > As part of our commitment to contributing back to the Apache Cassandra > open > > source project and the wider community we are always looking for ways we > > can foster knowledge sharing and improve usability of Cassandra itself. > One > > of the ways we have done so previously was to open up our internal builds > > and versions of Cassandra (https://github.com/instaclustr/cassandra). > > > > We have also been looking at a few novel or outside the box ways we can > > further contribute back to the community. As such, we are sponsoring a > > masters project in conjunction with the Australian based University of > > Canberra. Instaclustr’s staff will be available to provide advice and > > feedback to the successful candidate. > > > > *Scope* > > Distributed database systems are relatively new technology compared to > > traditional relational databases. Distributed advantages provide > > significant advantages in terms of reliability and scalability but often > at > > a cost of increased complexity. This complexity presents challenges for > > testing of these systems to prove correct operation across all possible > > system states. The scope of this masters scholarship is to use the Apache > > Cassandra repair process as an example to consider and improve available > > approaches to distributed database systems testing. > > > > The repair process in Cassandra is a scheduled process that runs to > ensure > > the multiple copies of each piece of data that is maintained by Cassandra > > are kept synchronised. Correct operation of repairs has been an ongoing > > challenge for the Cassandra project partly due to the difficulty in > > designing and developing comprehensive automated tests for this > > functionality. > > > > The expected scope of this project is to: > > > > - survey and understand the existing testing framework available as > part > > of the Cassandra project, particularly as it pertains to testing > repairs > > - consider, research and develop enhanced approaches to testing of > > repairs > > - submit any successful approaches to the Apache Cassandra project for > > feedback and inclusion in the project code base > > > > Australia is a pretty great place to advance your education and is > > welcoming of foreign students. > > > > We are also open to sponsoring a PhD project with a more in depth focus > for > > the right candidate. > > > > For more details please don't hesitate to get in touch with myself or > reach > > out to i...@instaclustr.com. > > > > Cheers > > > > Ben > > -- > > Ben Bromhead > > CTO | Instaclustr <https://www.instaclustr.com/> > > +1 650 284 9692 > > Managed Cassandra / Spark on AWS, Azure and Softlayer > > > -- Ben Bromhead CTO | Instaclustr <https://www.instaclustr.com/> +1 650 284 9692 Managed Cassandra / Spark on AWS, Azure and Softlayer
