Load Balancing¶

Alternator is an API that gives ScyllaDB compatibility with Amazon DynamoDB.

This lab starts with an introduction to the project. Afterward, you’ll create a one-node ScyllaDB cluster with Alternator enabled, and performing some basic operations on it, using Python.

The goal of Alternator is to provide a fully compatible DynamoDB API, so that users can run their existing applications without any changes. It is designed to be compatible with the DynamoDB API, but it is not a drop-in replacement. Alternator is deployable on-premise or on public clouds like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform. DynamoDB users can keep their same client code unchanged. Alternator is written in C++ and is a part of ScyllaDB.