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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.
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.
A command line interface for managing a cluster.
Cassandra start-up parameters can be run from the command line (in Tarball installations) or specified in the cassandra-env.sh file (Package or Tarball installations).
A Java-based stress testing utility for basic benchmarking and load testing a Cassandra cluster.
Tools for using, upgrading, and changing Cassandra SSTables.
Reference topics.
Solutions for migrating from other databases.
How to find the Apache Cassandra release notes.
