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Vskills certification for Apache Cassandra Professional assesses the candidate for skills for
Apache cassandra database. The certification tests the candidates on various area of
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ad#inisterin! and confi!urin! applications utili$in! the cassandra.
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Table of Contents



1. 1. 1. 1. )ntroduction )ntroduction )ntroduction )ntroduction
1.1 History of Cassandra
1.2 Cassandras need and advantages
1.3 Data model and terms

5. 5. 5. 5. )nstallation )nstallation )nstallation )nstallation
2.1 Source building and installation Cassandra
2.2 Client CLI and commands

;. ;. ;. ;. Architecture Architecture Architecture Architecture
3.1 Keyspace
3.2 Replication with Gossip protocol
3.3 Durability with sstables, memtables, commit logs and hinted handoff
3.4 Compaction
3.5 Bloom filters and tombstones
3.6 Concurrency by SEDA

4. 4. 4. 4. Confi!urin! Cassandra Confi!urin! Cassandra Confi!urin! Cassandra Confi!urin! Cassandra
4.1 Keyspaces API definitions
4.2 Replica and their placement
4.3 Row key sorting by partitioner
4.4 Host proximity by snitch
4.5 Creating a cluster and nodes
4.6 Implementing Security

3. 3. 3. 3. Connectin! Connectin! Connectin! Connectin!
5.1 Client layer with Thrift and Avro
5.2 Different clients for programming languages

6. 6. 6. 6. 0ata :ead and rites 0ata :ead and rites 0ata :ead and rites 0ata :ead and rites
6.1 Basic properties
6.2 Single, range and multiget slice
6.3 Deletion and programmatic definition

=. =. =. =. 4onitorin! 4onitorin! 4onitorin! 4onitorin!
7.1 Using Log4J for logging
7.2 JMX and managed beans
7.3 Heap and thread monitoring


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>. >. >. >. Perfor#ance Tunin! Perfor#ance Tunin! Perfor#ance Tunin! Perfor#ance Tunin!
8.1 Tuning commit logs and memtables
8.2 Caching and buffer sizing
8.3 Stress testing and JVM tuning

?. ?. ?. ?. 4aintenance 4aintenance 4aintenance 4aintenance
9.1 Nodetool
9.2 cfstats and tpstats
9.3 Snapshot management
9.4 Updating and removing nodes





































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)ntroduction )ntroduction )ntroduction )ntroduction
Background of development of Cassandra
Explains need and benefits of Cassandra
Details on data model and terms used like cluster, keyspace, columns, etc.

)nstallation )nstallation )nstallation )nstallation
Explains the process of building from source and installing Cassandra
Describes the usage of client CLI and various commands

Architecture Architecture Architecture Architecture
Explains the concept of keyspace
Details on replication with gossip protocol
Explains the process of implementing durability with sstables, memtables, commit
logs and hinted handoff
Explains compaction in cassandra
Describes bloom filters and tombstones
Explains concurrency by SEDA

Confi!urin! Cassandra Confi!urin! Cassandra Confi!urin! Cassandra Confi!urin! Cassandra
Explains different API definitions of keyspaces
Explains replica and their placement
Explains the procedure of using partitioner for row key sorting
Detailing snitch for host proximity
Explains the process of cluster and nodes creation
Explains the process of implementing Security in cluster

Connectin! Connectin! Connectin! Connectin!
Explains the procedure of using thrift and avro for access by client
Describes the different clients for programming languages

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Illustrates basic read and write properties
Describes different slice accesses of single, range and multiget slice
Illustrates deletion and programmatic definition of slices

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Explains the procedure of using Log4J for logging
Explains JMX and managed beans
Monitoring heap and threads

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Perfor#ance Tunin! Perfor#ance Tunin! Perfor#ance Tunin! Perfor#ance Tunin!
Performance tuning of commit logs and memtables
Describes the procedure of caching and buffer sizing
Illustrates stress testing and JVM tuning

4aintenance 4aintenance 4aintenance 4aintenance
Explains Nodetool
Illustrates cfstats and tpstats
Explains the procedure of managing Snapshot
Explains the procedure of updating and removing nodes
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A. Centrali$ed database
D. 0istributed database
C. Peer-to peer database
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A. Feader
D. :o
C. Colu#n
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D. D&te arra& value
C. Pointer to rin!s
0. 2one of the above

Answers: 1 (B), 2 (B), 3 (C), 4 (A), 5 (A)