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Apache Cassandra 2.1™
  • About Cassandra

    Documentation for developers and administrators on configuring, and using the features and capabilities of Apache Cassandra.

  • What's new

    An overview of new features in Apache Cassandra.

  • CQL

    Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is the default and primary interface into the Cassandra DBMS.

  • Understanding the architecture

    Important topics for understanding Cassandra.

  • Planning a deployment

    Vital information about successfully deploying a Cassandra cluster.

  • Installing

    Various installation methods.

  • Initializing a cluster

    Topics for deploying a cluster.

  • Security

    Topics for securing Cassandra.

  • Database internals

    Topics about the Cassandra database.

  • Configuration

    Configuration topics.

  • Operations

    Operation topics.

  • Backing up and restoring data

    Cassandra backs up data by taking a snapshot of all on-disk data files (SSTable files) stored in the data directory.

  • Cassandra tools

    Topics for Cassandra tools.

  • References

    Reference topics.

  • Moving data to/from other databases

    Solutions for migrating from other databases.

  • Troubleshooting
  • Release notes

    How to find the Apache Cassandra release notes.

Planning a cluster deployment

Vital information about successfully deploying a Cassandra cluster.

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