Cassandra + Astra DB (contrib)

Description

The [Cassandra / Astra DB] online store provides support for materializing feature values into an Apache Cassandra / Astra DB database for online features.

  • The whole project is contained within a Cassandra keyspace

  • Each feature view is mapped one-to-one to a specific Cassandra table

  • This implementation inherits all strengths of Cassandra such as high availability, fault-tolerance, and data distribution

Getting started

In order to use this online store, you'll need to run pip install 'feast[cassandra]'. You can then get started with the command feast init REPO_NAME -t cassandra.

Example (Cassandra)

feature_store.yaml
project: my_feature_repo
registry: data/registry.db
provider: local
online_store:
    type: cassandra
    hosts:
        - 192.168.1.1
        - 192.168.1.2
        - 192.168.1.3
    keyspace: KeyspaceName
    port: 9042                                                              # optional
    username: user                                                          # optional
    password: secret                                                        # optional
    protocol_version: 5                                                     # optional
    load_balancing:                                                         # optional
        local_dc: 'datacenter1'                                             # optional
        load_balancing_policy: 'TokenAwarePolicy(DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy)'  # optional
    read_concurrency: 100                                                   # optional
    write_concurrency: 100                                                  # optional

Example (Astra DB)

feature_store.yaml
project: my_feature_repo
registry: data/registry.db
provider: local
online_store:
    type: cassandra
    secure_bundle_path: /path/to/secure/bundle.zip
    keyspace: KeyspaceName
    username: Client_ID
    password: Client_Secret
    protocol_version: 4                                                     # optional
    load_balancing:                                                         # optional
        local_dc: 'eu-central-1'                                            # optional
        load_balancing_policy: 'TokenAwarePolicy(DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy)'  # optional
    read_concurrency: 100                                                   # optional
    write_concurrency: 100                                                  # optional

The full set of configuration options is available in CassandraOnlineStoreConfig. For a full explanation of configuration options please look at file sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/contrib/cassandra_online_store/README.md.

Storage specifications can be found at docs/specs/online_store_format.md.

Functionality Matrix

The set of functionality supported by online stores is described in detail here. Below is a matrix indicating which functionality is supported by the Cassandra online store.

Cassandra

write feature values to the online store

yes

read feature values from the online store

yes

update infrastructure (e.g. tables) in the online store

yes

teardown infrastructure (e.g. tables) in the online store

yes

generate a plan of infrastructure changes

yes

support for on-demand transforms

yes

readable by Python SDK

yes

readable by Java

no

readable by Go

no

support for entityless feature views

yes

support for concurrent writing to the same key

no

support for ttl (time to live) at retrieval

no

support for deleting expired data

no

collocated by feature view

yes

collocated by feature service

no

collocated by entity key

no

To compare this set of functionality against other online stores, please see the full functionality matrix.

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