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About Apache Cassandra
Understanding the architecture
Database internals
Planning a cluster deployment
Installing
Configuration
Initializing a cluster
Operations
Cassandra tools
Troubleshooting
Release notes

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Apache Cassandra™ 3.x

About Apache Cassandra
Documentation for developers and administrators on installing, configuring, and using the features and capabilities of Apache Cassandra scalable open source NoSQL database.
Understanding the architecture
Important topics for understanding Cassandra.
Database internals
Topics about the Cassandra database.
Planning a cluster deployment
Vital information about successfully deploying a Cassandra cluster.
Installing
Various installation methods.
Configuration
Configuration topics.
Initializing a cluster
Topics for deploying a cluster.
- Initializing a multiple node cluster (single datacenter)
  A deployment scenario for an Apache Cassandra cluster with a single datacenter.
- Initializing a multiple node cluster (multiple datacenters)
  A deployment scenario for a Cassandra cluster with multiple datacenters.
- Starting and stopping Cassandra
  Topics for starting and stopping Cassandra.
  - Starting Cassandra as a service
    Start the Cassandra Java server process for packaged installations.
  - Starting Cassandra as a stand-alone process
    Start the Cassandra Java server process for tarball installations.
  - Stopping Cassandra as a service
    Stopping the Cassandra Java server process on packaged installations.
  - Stopping Cassandra as a stand-alone process
    Stop the Cassandra Java server process on tarball installations.
  - Clearing the data as a service
    Remove all data from a package installation. Special instructions for AMI restart.
  - Clearing the data as a stand-alone process
    Remove all data from a tarball installation.
Operations
Cassandra operation topics, such as node and datacenter operations, changing replication strategies, configuring compaction and compression, caching, and tuning Bloom filters.
Cassandra tools
Topics for Cassandra tools.
Troubleshooting
Release notes
Release notes for the Apache Cassandra 3.x.

Starting and stopping Cassandra

Topics for starting and stopping Cassandra.

Starting Cassandra as a service
Start the Cassandra Java server process for packaged installations.
Starting Cassandra as a stand-alone process
Start the Cassandra Java server process for tarball installations.
Stopping Cassandra as a service
Stopping the Cassandra Java server process on packaged installations.
Stopping Cassandra as a stand-alone process
Stop the Cassandra Java server process on tarball installations.
Clearing the data as a service
Remove all data from a package installation. Special instructions for AMI restart.
Clearing the data as a stand-alone process
Remove all data from a tarball installation.

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