Operations

Starting and stopping DataStax Enterprise

You can start and stop DataStax Enterprise as a service or stand-alone process.

Adding or removing nodes, datacenters, or clusters

Steps to add or remove nodes, datacenters, or clusters.

Backing up and restoring data

Guidance on backing up and restoring data.

Repairing nodes

How to repair nodes.

Tuning the database

Information on database tuning.

Configure data caches

Configure data caches for optimal performance.

Configure compaction

The compaction process merges keys, combines columns, evicts tombstones, consolidates SSTables, and creates a new index in the merged SSTable.

Configure compression

Compression maximizes the storage capacity of DSE nodes by reducing the volume of data on disk and disk I/O, particularly for read-dominated workloads.

Test compaction and compression

Enable write survey mode.

Migrating data to DSE

Use one of several methods to migrate data to DSE from other databases.

Collecting node health and indexing scores

Details about monitoring nodes.

Clearing the data from DataStax Enterprise

Remove all data from any type of installation.

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