Apache Cassandra 1.2 Documentation
Understanding the Cassandra Architecture¶
A Cassandra instance is a collection of independent nodes that are configured together into a cluster. In a Cassandra cluster, all nodes are peers, meaning there is no master node or centralized management process. A node joins a Cassandra cluster based on its configuration.
- Architecture in brief
- About internode communications (gossip)
- About data distribution and replication
- Partitioners
- Types of snitches
- About client requests
- Planning a Cassandra cluster deployment
- Anti-patterns in Cassandra
- Network attached storage
- Shared network file systems
- Excessive heap space size
- Cassandra's rack feature
- Multiple-gets
- Super columns
- Using the Byte Ordered Partitioner
- Reading before writing
- Load balancers
- Insufficient testing
- Lack of familiarity with Linux
- Running without the recommended settings
- More anti-patterns