Listen "Apache Cassandra Masterclass with Patrick McFadin"
Episode Synopsis
Hey Everyone,
In this episode I invited Patrick McFadin who is an expert in the world of Cassandra and Data Modelling.
Patrick currently works for DataStax as a VP Of Dev Rel. Patrick has given several techtalks on Cassandra and the ecosystem around it. We have covered the architecture of Cassandra in depth.
Heres what we have covered:
00:00 Introduction
04:00 History of Cassandra
07:18 Patrick Apache Cassandra?
14:30 How writes work in Cassandra?
21:30 How many copies are written on a single write?
25:44 How does replication work?
32:00 How do reads work? (Read consistency levels)
39:00 Why is Allow Filtering not recommended?
43:00 Data Modelling in Cassandra
50:45 Modeling a Chat Application
01:05:00 How does CAP theorem fits Cassandra?
01:07:06 New features in Cassandra?
References:
Patrick McFadin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-m...
Kaivalya Apte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaivalya-...
Astra: astra.datastax.com
Cassandra: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/index....
Webinar on Data Modeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D39w...
Playlist on Distributed Systems and Databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
I hope you enjoyed our discussion and learned from it. Please like, share and subscribe to the channel and keep supporting.
Cheers, The GeekNarrator
In this episode I invited Patrick McFadin who is an expert in the world of Cassandra and Data Modelling.
Patrick currently works for DataStax as a VP Of Dev Rel. Patrick has given several techtalks on Cassandra and the ecosystem around it. We have covered the architecture of Cassandra in depth.
Heres what we have covered:
00:00 Introduction
04:00 History of Cassandra
07:18 Patrick Apache Cassandra?
14:30 How writes work in Cassandra?
21:30 How many copies are written on a single write?
25:44 How does replication work?
32:00 How do reads work? (Read consistency levels)
39:00 Why is Allow Filtering not recommended?
43:00 Data Modelling in Cassandra
50:45 Modeling a Chat Application
01:05:00 How does CAP theorem fits Cassandra?
01:07:06 New features in Cassandra?
References:
Patrick McFadin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-m...
Kaivalya Apte: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaivalya-...
Astra: astra.datastax.com
Cassandra: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/index....
Webinar on Data Modeling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D39w...
Playlist on Distributed Systems and Databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
I hope you enjoyed our discussion and learned from it. Please like, share and subscribe to the channel and keep supporting.
Cheers, The GeekNarrator
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