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Partition Key vs Composite Key vs Clustering Columns in Cassandra
6/3/2020
Here we explain the differences between partition key, composite key and clustering key in Cassandra. In brief, each table requires a unique primary key. The first field listed is the partition key, ...
datastax/stargate
5/26/2020
Welcome to Stargate, the easy query layer for your NoSQL database.Getting StartedGetting started in 3 quick steps Build a Todo application database in 5 minutes Understanding StargateSchema Definitio...
7 mistakes when using Apache Cassandra
5/18/2020
Sep 5, 2019 · 8 min readPhoto by Sarah Kilian on UnsplashApache Cassandra is one of the most popular NoSQL databases. It offers great performance and scalability without sacrificing availability. It h...
Cassandra Data Modeling Tool & Schema Design
3/26/2020
Apache Cassandra was open-sourced by Facebook. It is designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, with high-availability across multiple datacenters, master-less replication...
Cassandra frozen keyword meaning
1/16/2020
What's the meaning of the frozen keyword in Cassandra? I'm trying to read this documentation page: Using a user-defined type, but their explanation for the frozen keyword (which they use in their exa...
Data modeling for NoSQL databases: MongoDB, Neo4j, DynamoDB, Avro, Hive, Couchbase, Cosmos DB, Elasticsearch, HBase, Cassandra, MarkLogic, Firebase, Firestore<
12/19/2019
for NoSQL databases, REST APIs, and data formats Schema design for: Document: MongoDB, Couchbase, Elasticsearch, Google Fireb...
KDM
An automated big data modeling tool for Apache Cassandra that dramatically simplifies and streamlines database design.Try KDMKDM IntroUsing KDM for automated data modeling in Cassandra to support a di...
Apache Cassandra, Part 6: Time Series Modelling
Consider a scenario where we have weather data coming in from various weather stations and we have to store key value pairs of time and temperature against each station.Cassandra supports up to 2 Bill...