Tag: database

  • Cassandra data model (as opposed to relational model)

    Bad data model design with Cassandra causes chronic pains as application scales. I had to re-read about data model design in “Cassandra – the Definitive…

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  • Storage Nitty-Gritty 5 of 5 – Replication

    Replication Terms PIT (point in time) replica – snapshot of the source at some specific timestamp;Continuous Replica – always in-sync with the production data;Recoverability –…

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  • Cassandra Architecture

    Excerpts from Cassandra The Definitive Guide Gossip and Failure Detection Cassandra uses a gossip protocol that allows each node to keep track of state information…

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