Cassandra High Performance Cookbook
You can mine deep into the full capabilities of Apache Cassandra using the 150+ recipes in this indispensable Cookbook. From configuring and tuning to using third party applications, this is the ultimate guide.
Published on 15. July 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
324 pages
978-1-84951-512-2 (ISBN)
Description
You can mine deep into the full capabilities of Apache Cassandra using the 150+ recipes in this indispensable Cookbook. From configuring and tuning to using third party applications, this is the ultimate guide.
Key Features
Get the best out of Cassandra using this efficient recipe bank
Configure and tune Cassandra components to enhance performance
Deploy Cassandra in various environments and monitor its performance
Well illustrated, step-by-step recipes to make all tasks look easy!
Book DescriptionApache Cassandra is a fault-tolerant, distributed data store which offers linear scalability allowing it to be a storage platform for large high volume websites. This book provides detailed recipes that describe how to use the features of Cassandra and improve its performance. Recipes cover topics ranging from setting up Cassandra for the first time to complex multiple data center installations. The recipe format presents the information in a concise actionable form.The book describes in detail how features of Cassandra can be tuned and what the possible effects of tuning can be. Recipes include how to access data stored in Cassandra and use third party tools to help you out. The book also describes how to monitor and do capacity planning to ensure it is performing at a high level. Towards the end, it takes you through the use of libraries and third party applications with Cassandra and Cassandra integration with Hadoop.What you will learn
Interact with Cassandra using the command line interface
Write programs that access data in Cassandra
Configure and tune Cassandra components to enhance performance
Model data to optimize storage and access
Use tunable consistency to optimize data access
Deploy Cassandra in single and multiple data center environments
Monitor the performance of Cassandra
Manage a cluster by joining and removing nodes
Use libraries and third party applications with Cassandra
Integrate Cassandra with Hadoop
Who this book is forThis book is designed for administrators, developers, and data architects who are interested in Apache Cassandra for redundant, highly performing, and scalable data storage. Typically these users should have experience working with a database technology, multiple node computer clusters, and high availability solutions.
Key Features
Get the best out of Cassandra using this efficient recipe bank
Configure and tune Cassandra components to enhance performance
Deploy Cassandra in various environments and monitor its performance
Well illustrated, step-by-step recipes to make all tasks look easy!
Book DescriptionApache Cassandra is a fault-tolerant, distributed data store which offers linear scalability allowing it to be a storage platform for large high volume websites. This book provides detailed recipes that describe how to use the features of Cassandra and improve its performance. Recipes cover topics ranging from setting up Cassandra for the first time to complex multiple data center installations. The recipe format presents the information in a concise actionable form.The book describes in detail how features of Cassandra can be tuned and what the possible effects of tuning can be. Recipes include how to access data stored in Cassandra and use third party tools to help you out. The book also describes how to monitor and do capacity planning to ensure it is performing at a high level. Towards the end, it takes you through the use of libraries and third party applications with Cassandra and Cassandra integration with Hadoop.What you will learn
Interact with Cassandra using the command line interface
Write programs that access data in Cassandra
Configure and tune Cassandra components to enhance performance
Model data to optimize storage and access
Use tunable consistency to optimize data access
Deploy Cassandra in single and multiple data center environments
Monitor the performance of Cassandra
Manage a cluster by joining and removing nodes
Use libraries and third party applications with Cassandra
Integrate Cassandra with Hadoop
Who this book is forThis book is designed for administrators, developers, and data architects who are interested in Apache Cassandra for redundant, highly performing, and scalable data storage. Typically these users should have experience working with a database technology, multiple node computer clusters, and high availability solutions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
607 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84951-512-2 (9781849515122)
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Navin Sabharwal | R. Shankar | Edward Capriolo
Cassandra High Performance Cookbook
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Persons
Edward Capriolo, who also authored the previous book, Cassandra High Performance Cookbook, is currently system administrator at Media6degrees where he helps design and maintain distributed data storage systems for the Internet advertising industry. Edward is a member of the Apache Software Foundation and a committer for the Hadoop-Hive project. He has experience as a developer as well as a Linux and network administrator and enjoys the rich world of open source software.
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