- Preface
- 1. Beyond Relational Databases
- 2. Introducing Cassandra
- 3. Installing Cassandra
- 4. The Cassandra Query Language
- 5. Data Modeling
- 6. The Cassandra Architecture
- Data Centers and Racks
- Gossip and Failure Detection
- Snitches
- Rings and Tokens
- Virtual Nodes
- Partitioners
- Replication Strategies
- Consistency Levels
- Queries and Coordinator Nodes
- Hinted Handoff
- Anti-Entropy, Repair, and Merkle Trees
- Lightweight Transactions and Paxos
- Memtables, SSTables, and Commit Logs
- Bloom Filters
- Caching
- Compaction
- Deletion and Tombstones
- Managers and Services
- System Keyspaces
- Summary
- 7. Designing Applications with Cassandra
- 8. Application Development with Drivers
- 9. Writing and Reading Data
- 10. Configuring and Deploying Cassandra
- 11. Monitoring
- 12. Maintenance
- 13. Performance Tuning
- 14. Security
- 15. Migrating and Integrating
About the Authors
Eben Hewitt is Chief Technology Officer for Choice Hotels International, one of the largest hotel companies in the world. He is the author of several books on architecture, distributed systems, and programming. He has consulted for venture capital firms, and is a frequently invited speaker on technology and strategy.
Jeff Carpenter is a Systems Architect for Choice Hotels International, with 20 years of experience in the hospitality and defense industries. Jeff’s interests include SOA/microservices, architecting large-scale systems, and data architecture. He has worked on projects ranging from complex battle planning systems to a cloud-based hotel reservation system. Jeff is passionate about disruptive projects that change industries, mentoring architects and developers, and the next challenge.
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