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You're reading from Mastering Apache Cassandra 3.x - Third Edition

Product type Book

Published in Oct 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789131499

Pages 348 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Java

Concepts

Database Programming

Authors (3):

Aaron Ploetz

Tejaswi Malepati

Nishant Neeraj

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. Quick Start

2. Cassandra Architecture

3. Effective CQL

4. Configuring a Cluster

5. Performance Tuning

6. Managing a Cluster

7. Monitoring

8. Application Development

9. Integration with Apache Spark

10. References

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Configuring Cassandra

Configuring a single node for Apache Cassandra is done in a few files located in the conf directory of the instance's Cassandra installation. Modification of many of these files can be optional for local instance, development deployments (the defaults should suffice). But for production deployments, most of these files should be adjusted.

cassandra.yaml

The cassandra.yaml file is the main configuration file for each node in a Cassandra cluster. Many of the behaviors of a node can be controlled or influenced from this file.

While the settings in cassandra.yaml are specific to the node on which the file resides, some settings do need to be the same throughout the cluster (these will be noted). Failure...

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Authors (3)

Aaron Ploetz

Aaron Ploetz is the NoSQL Engineering Lead for Target, where his DevOps team supports Cassandra, MongoDB, and Neo4j. He has been named a DataStax MVP for Apache Cassandra three times and has presented at multiple events, including the DataStax Summit and Data Day Texas. Aaron earned a BS in Management/Computer Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and an MS in Software Engineering from Regis University. He and his wife, Coriene, live with their three children in the Twin Cities area.

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Tejaswi Malepati

Tejaswi Malepati is the Cassandra Tech Lead for Target. He has been instrumental in designing and building custom Cassandra integrations, including a web-based SQL interface and data validation frameworks between Oracle and Cassandra. Tejaswi earned a master's degree in computer science from the University of New Mexico, and a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India. He is passionate about identifying and analyzing data patterns in datasets using R, Python, Spark, Cassandra, and MySQL.

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Nishant Neeraj

Nishant Neeraj is an independent software developer with experience in developing and planning out architectures for massively scalable data storage and data processing systems. Over the years, he has helped to design and implement a wide variety of products and systems for companies, ranging from small start-ups to large multinational companies. Currently, he helps drive WealthEngine's core product to the next level by leveraging a variety of big data technologies.

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