Cassandra (Apache Cassandra)

Cassandra is a free and open-source NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure. Cassandra offers support for replicating across multiple datacenters.

Cassandra is a column-oriented database. Columns are grouped together into sets called column families. Cassandra provides a query language called CQL (Cassandra Query Language) that is similar to SQL.

Cassandra is used by some of the largest companies in the world, including Facebook, Netflix, and eBay. Is Cassandra an Apache? Cassandra is not an Apache project. Does Facebook still use Cassandra? Yes, Facebook still uses Cassandra. Cassandra is a highly scalable open-source NoSQL database management system that was originally developed by Facebook.

What kind of database is Cassandra?

Cassandra is a NoSQL database management system. It is a free and open-source software designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure. Cassandra offers robust support for clusters spanning multiple datacenters, with asynchronous masterless replication allowing low latency operations for all clients. Is Cassandra a SQL? No, Cassandra is not a SQL database. While Cassandra does support a subset of SQL syntax, it is not a full-fledged SQL database and does not support all the features of a typical SQL database.

Does Netflix still use Cassandra?

Yes, Netflix does still use Cassandra, as of 2021. Cassandra is an open-source NoSQL database management system that provides high availability and scalability. Netflix uses Cassandra to power its " recommendations engine," which provides personalized recommendations to users based on their watching habits. Cassandra is a key part of Netflix's "big data" infrastructure, which is used to process and store large amounts of data.