What you need for this book

This book assumes you have access to a running Cassandra installation that is at least as new as release 3.0. Some features discussed will apply only to 3.8 or newer, and we will point these out when that applies. Users of versions older than 3.0 can still gain a lot from the content, but there will be some portions that do not directly translate to those versions.

For Chapter 6, High Availability Features in the Native Java Client coverage of the Java driver, you will need the Java Development Kit 1.8 and a suitable text editor to write Java code. All command line examples assume a Linux environment, through translation to a Windows environment should be straightforward for those users.