Interacting with Cassandra using the Datastax Java driver

I’m back with more Cassandra and Java integration today this time focusing on using the Datastax Java driver rather than…

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Setting Up Cassandra With Priam

I’ve previously explained how to setup Cassandra in AWS. The described setup works, but in some cases it may not…

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Spring Data support for Cassandra 3

One of the items that caught my eye from the announcement of the new Spring Data release train named Ingalls was…

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NoSQL vs. SQL: Choosing a Data Management Solution

Table Of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Distributed systems: the CAP theorem 3. Relational data stores 3.1. MySQL / MariaDB 3.2.…

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Hello Cassandra

A colleague recently told me about several benefits of Cassandra and I decided to try it out. Apache Cassandra is…

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Broken Glass : Diagnosing Production Cassandra Issues

I just past my second year anniversary at Health Market Science (HMS), and we’ve been working with Cassandra for almost…

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