Learning Apache Cassandra
| By: | Matthew Brown |
| Publisher: | Packt Publishing |
| Print ISBN: | 9781783989201 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781783989218 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2015 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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If you're an application developer familiar with SQL databases such as MySQL or Postgres, and you want to explore distributed databases such as Cassandra, this is the perfect guide for you. Even if you've never worked with a distributed database before, Cassandra's intuitive programming interface coupled with the step-by-step examples in this book will have you building highly scalable persistence layers for your applications in no time.What you will learn
- Install Cassandra and create your first keyspace
- Choose the right table structure for the task at hand in a variety of scenarios
- Use range slice queries for efficient data access
- Effortlessly handle concurrent updates with collection columns
- Ensure data integrity with lightweight transactions and logged batches
- Understand eventual consistency and use the right consistency level for your situation
- Implement best practices for data modeling and access