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Cassandra Architecture

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Cassandra has several interesting architectural features that set it apart from a relational database. This chapter introduces the Cassandra architecture. You’ll also learn about the Cassandra storage engine and how the database stores its data.

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Alapati, S.R. (2018). Cassandra Architecture. In: Expert Apache Cassandra Administration. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3126-5_5

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