Congratulations! You are almost halfway through this journey. You are at the point where it is necessary to meet the component responsible for information persistence; the sometimes neglected “data layer” will take on a new dimension when you have finished this chapter. It’s time to meet Apache Cassandra, a NoSQL database that provides high availability and scalability without compromising performance.
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We suggest that you have your favorite terminal ready to follow the exercises. This will help you become familiar with the tools faster.
