English | 2015 | ISBN: 978-1783989102 | 172 Pages | PDF, EPUB, AZW3 | 10 MB
Create your own massively scalable Cassandra database with highly responsive database queries
Apache Cassandra Essentials takes you step-by-step from from the basics of installation to advanced installation options and database design techniques. It gives you all the information you need to effectively design a well distributed and high performance database. You’ll get to know about the steps that are performed by a Cassandra node when you execute a read/write query, which is essential to properly maintain of a Cassandra cluster and to debug any issues. Next, you’ll discover how to integrate a Cassandra driver in your applications and perform read/write operations. Finally, you’ll learn about the various tools provided by Cassandra for serviceability aspects such as logging, metrics, backup, and recovery.
What You Will Learn
- Install and set up your Cassandra Cluster using various installation types
- Use Cassandra Query Language (CQL) to design Cassandra database and tables with various configuration options
- Design your Cassandra database to be evenly loaded with the lowest read/write latencies
- Employ the available Cassandra tools to monitor and maintain a Cassandra cluster
- Debug CQL queries to discover why they are performing relatively slowly
- Choose the best-suited compaction strategy for your database based on your usage pattern
- Tune Cassandra based on your deployment operation system environment
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