Cassandra Tutorial| Data Types | Why Cassandra for Big Data?
Cassandra Tutorial| Data Types | Why Cassandra for Big Data? What is Apache Cassandra? Apache Cassandra is an open-source, NoSQL, wide column data store that can quickly take and process huge amounts of data. It is decentralized, distributed, scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant, , with identical nodes that are clustered together for eliminating single points of failure. Evolution of Cassandra? Why is it so special ? 1. Decentralized 2. Distributed 3. Scalable 4. Highly Available Why Cassandra for Big data? 1. Handles high velocity data wit...