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Getting started with DSE 5.1
Release notes
Installing DSE
Configuration
DSE advanced functionality
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DSE 5.1 Developer Guide Earlier DSE version Latest 5.1 patch: 5.1.20

Getting started with DSE 5.1
Information about developing applications for DataStax Enterprise.
Release notes
DataStax Enterprise release notes cover cluster requirements, upgrade guidance, components, security updates, changes and enhancements, issues, and resolved issues for DataStax Enterprise 5.1.
Installing DSE
DataStax Enterprise can be installed in a number of ways, depending on the purpose of the installation, the type of operating system, and the available permissions.
Configuration
Information about configuring DataStax Enterprise, such as recommended production setting, configuration files, snitch configuration, start-up parameters, heap dump settings, using virtual nodes, and more.
- Recommended production settings
  Recommended settings for Linux platforms on DataStax Enterprise.
- YAML and configuration properties
  Information on how to configure DataStax Enterprise using the cassandra.yaml, dse.yaml, cassandra-rackdc.properties, and cassandra-topology.properties files.
- Configuring snitches for cloud providers
  Information about the Ec2Snitch, Ec2MultiRegionSnitch, GoogleCloudSnitch, and CloudstackSnitch.
- Start-up parameters
  Switches to change the JVM settings at start up.
- Choosing a compaction strategy
  How to choose the best compaction strategy.
- Configuring Virtual Nodes
  Topics about setting up and enabling virtual nodes (vnodes).
  - Virtual node (vnode) configuration
    A description of virtual nodes (vnodes) and how to use them in different types of datacenters. Also steps for disabling vnodes.
DSE advanced functionality
Information on using DSE Analytics, DSE Search, DSE Graph, DSEFS (DataStax Enterprise file system), and DSE Advance Replication.
Tools
Tools include nodetool, dse commands, dsetool, cfs-stress tool, pre-flight check and yaml_diff tools, and the sstableloader.
Operations
DataStax Enterprise operation topics, such as node and datacenter operations, changing replication strategies, configuring compaction and compression, caching, and tuning Bloom filters.
Studio
An IDE for CQL (Cassandra Query Language) and DSE Graph.
CQL
CQL (Cassandra Query Language) is a query language for the DataStax Enterprise database.

Configuring Virtual Nodes

Topics about setting up and enabling virtual nodes (vnodes).

Virtual node (vnode) configuration
A description of virtual nodes (vnodes) and how to use them in different types of datacenters. Also steps for disabling vnodes.

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