Community Webinar: 15 Commandments of Cassandra DBAs
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©2013 DataStax Confidential. Do not distribute without consent. Patrick McFadin Chief Evangelist @PatrickMcFadin 15 Commandments of Cassandra Admin 1 Rachel Pedreschi Solutions Engineering Lead
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Are you a database professional looking for that next career boost? Maybe you are already using Cassandra and would like an edge in your job. Rachel and Patrick have been doing this for a long time and they can help! We’ll be going over some hard, fast rules that will save you time and trouble. Let our experience be your insider information. As a preview, here is commandment 0: Thou shalt watch!
Transcript of Community Webinar: 15 Commandments of Cassandra DBAs
©2013 DataStax Confidential. Do not distribute without consent.
Patrick McFadinChief Evangelist
@PatrickMcFadin
15 Commandments of Cassandra Admin
1
Rachel PedreschiSolutions Engineering Lead
C*ommandment
I
C*ommandment
II
Disk IO is your
first problem to solve
C*ommandment
III
C*ommandment IV
Embrace large
partitions and de-
normalization
C*ommandment
V
Don’t be afraid
to add nodes
C*ommandment VI
Mind your compactions
C*ommandment
VII
Never use
shared storage
C*ommandment
VIII
Understand
cache. Disk,
Key and Row
C*ommandment
IX
Always use JNA
C*ommandment
X
Learn how to
load data. Bulk
Load. Insert. Copy.
C*ommandment
XI
Repair isn’t
just for broken data
C*ommandment
XII
Know the relationship
between Consistency
Level and Replication
Factor
C*ommandment
XIII
More than 8G
of JVM heap
doesn’t mean better
performance
C*ommandment
XIV
Get involved in
the community
C*ommandment
XV
The End
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Patrick McFadin :: @PatrickMcFadin&
Rachel Pedreschi
