October 2018
Beginner to intermediate
348 pages
10h
English
In this chapter, we covered a lot in terms of Apache Cassandra and its performance-tuning options. We started with Cassandra-Stress to establish a performance baseline for a specific data model. Then, we began to evaluate factors that can influence write performance. We spent a bit of time covering read performance, and the different configuration properties that can help Apache Cassandra perform well during read-heavy and mixed workloads. Finally, we examined and discussed other factors that may influence or affect cluster performance.
Here are some important takeaways from this chapter: