Migrating Workloads from Mainframes to Cassandra - Problems, Experience and Learnings

Explore a conference talk that delves into the challenges, experiences, and lessons learned from migrating workloads from mainframes to Cassandra at U.S. Bank. Discover how financial institutions are adapting to increased transaction volumes and changing customer trends by implementing a medium-term solution to reduce operating costs and improve future options. Learn about the CQRS pattern implementation, which diverts read traffic to Cassandra while maintaining write operations on mainframes. Gain insights into solving key technical problems, such as millisecond data synchronization, minimizing human and hardware costs, and enhancing customer service quality. Understand the successful strategy employed by U.S. Bank to significantly reduce mainframe read traffic and its potential applications in other financial institutions.