Choosing the appropriate hardware for DataStax Enterprise depends on selecting the right balance of CPUs, memory, disks, number of nodes, and network resources.

Using a discovery process to develop a DSE Search capacity plan to ensure sufficient memory resources.

Implementation or design patterns that are ineffective and/or counterproductive in production installations. Correct patterns are suggested in most cases.

Information about deploying a production DataStax Enterprise cluster on Amazon EC2.

Tests to ensure that your cluster's memory, CPU, disks, number of nodes, and network settings meet your business needs.