Apache cassandra is an open source nosql distributed database trusted by thousands of companies for scalability and high availability without compromising performance. This major release marks a significant milestone in the evolution of the world’s most powerful distributed database used by over 30,000 organizations worldwide. Read through the cassandra basics to learn main concepts and how cassandra works at a high level
To understand cassandra in more detail, head over to the docs. The cassandra project is happy to announce the general availability of apache cassandra® 5.0 Since it is a distributed database, cassandra can (and usually does) have multiple nodes
This is the official documentation for apache cassandra If you would like to contribute to this documentation, you are welcome to do so by submitting your contribution like any other patch following these instructions. Please note that official rpms for apache cassandra only have been available recently and are not tested thoroughly on all platforms yet We appreciate your feedback and support and ask you to post details on any issues in the corresponding jira ticket.
Browse through the case studies to learn how other users in our worldwide community are getting value out of cassandra. Additional information this section covers how to get started using apache cassandra and should be the first thing to read if you are new to cassandra. This initial design implemented a combination of amazon’s dynamo distributed storage and replication techniques and google’s bigtable data and storage engine model.
