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Getting started using Apache Cassandra

Cassandra is an open source scalable and highly available “NoSQL” distributed database management system. Cassandra claims to offer fault tolerant linear scalability with no single point of failure. In the diverse solutions available under the “NoSQL” category (I don’t like this term, here’s why) such as ColumnFamily, Document, Graph and Key-Value databases Cassandra sits in [...]

The generalization of “NoSQL”

There is growing momentum and a rise in the use of non-relational databases in the last few years. These database engines are often called “NoSQL” databases. It’s more common these days to hear conversations about whether the use of a relational database or “NoSQL” database makes sense for a project. Common things you will hear [...]