package test1;import java.util.Date;import com.datastax.driver.core.*;import com.datastax.driver.core.policies.DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy;/* * Simple Java client test to connect to trial cluster, create ...

Auto bootstrapping is a handy feature when it comes to growing an Apache Cassandra cluster. There are some unknowns about how this feature works which can lead to data inconsistencies in the cluster. ...

In last post of this series we learnt how to install cassandra on Rhel 6. In this post we will look into additional configuration parameter that is needed to configure in order to facilitate other nod...

What are the pros and cons of this NoSQL database? Srinath PereraPublished on July 03, 2012 In the database history article "What Goes Around Comes Around," (see Related topics) Mic...

This post is about Cassandra’s batch statements and which kind of batch statements are ok and which not. Often, when batch statements are discussed, it’s not clear if a particular statement refers to ...

Apache Cassandra is great for handling huge volumes of data. Everything works really great when you know your data patterns up front and you can make certain decisions based on that experience. We hav...

As explained “in extenso” by Alain in his installment on how Apache Cassandra deletes data, removing rows or cells from a table is done by a special kind of write called a tombstone. But did you know ...

Deletes in Cassandra rely on Tombstones to support the Eventual Consistency model. Tombstones are markers that can exist at different levels of the data model and let the cluster know that a delete wa...