Learning Apache Cassandra. Managing fault-tolerant, scalable data with high performance - Second Edition

Cassandra is a distributed database that stands out thanks to its robust feature set and intuitive interface, while providing high availability and scalability of a distributed data store. This book will introduce you to the rich feature set offered by Cassandra, and empower you to create and manage a highly scalable, performant and fault-tolerant database layer.The book starts by explaining the new features implemented in Cassandra 3.x and get you set up with Cassandra.

• Then you’ll walk through data modeling in Cassandra and the rich feature set available to design a flexible schema.

• You will then proceed to create user-defined functions and aggregates in Cassandra.
• Then, you will set up a multi node cluster and see how the dynamics of Cassandra change with it.

Next you’ll learn to create tables with composite partition keys, collections and user-defined types and get to know different methods to avoid denormalization of data. Finally, you will implement some application-level optimizations using a Java client.By the end of this book, you'll be fully equipped to build powerful, scalable Cassandra database layers for your applications.