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Documentation for developers and administrators on configuring, and using the features and capabilities of Apache Cassandra.
An overview of new features in Apache Cassandra.
Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is the default and primary interface into the Cassandra DBMS.
Important topics for understanding Cassandra.
Vital information about successfully deploying a Cassandra cluster.
Various installation methods.
Topics for deploying a cluster.
Topics for securing Cassandra.
Topics about the Cassandra database.
Configuration topics.
The cassandra.yaml file is the main configuration file for Cassandra.
Using the cassandra.yaml file to configure gossip.
Analyzing the heap dump file can help troubleshoot memory problems.
Configuring the buffered read size can reduce problems with wasted disk I/) and unnecessary garbage collection.
Topics about configuring virtual nodes.
Steps for configuring Cassandra for multiple network interfaces or when using different regions in cloud implementations.
About Cassandra logging functionality using Simple Logging Facade for Java (SLF4J) with a logback backend.
Cassandra provides commit log archiving and point-in-time recovery.
If not using virtual nodes (vnodes), you must calculate tokens for your cluster.
Cassandra support for integrating Hadoop with Cassandra.
Operation topics.
Cassandra backs up data by taking a snapshot of all on-disk data files (SSTable files) stored in the data directory.
Topics for Cassandra tools.
Reference topics.
Solutions for migrating from other databases.
How to find the Apache Cassandra release notes.
