Module 1: The NoSQL Concept

• What is good and what is wrong with RDBMSs?
• Quick compare RDBMSs and NoSQL
• Scalability considerations
• Short history of NoSql

Module 2: Introducing C*

• How Cassandra Can Boost a Solution
• Elastic Scalability
• Tuneable Consistency
• Brewer’s CAP Theorem
• Origins, and History

Module 3: Installing C*

• Prerequisites
• Install on Linux
• Install on Windows
• Tarball Install

Module 4: The C* Data Concept and C* Query Language

• Clusters, Keyspaces, Tables, Rows
• Sets, Arrays, Lists, Maps
• User Defined Type
• Secondary Indexes

Module 5: Data Models in C*

• Logical Design
• Physical Design
• Chebotko Diagrams
• Denormalization
• Materialized Views

Module 6: The C* Architecture

• C* Cluster
• Gossip and Failure Detection
• Token Ring
• Hashing
• Replication
• Services
• System keyspaces

Module 7: Writing Data and Reading Data

• Consistency Levels
• Writing Data
• Reading Data

Module 8: Configuring C*

• ccm
• Create Cluster
• Start  Cluster
• Add node
• Remove node
• Using cassandra.yaml

Module 9: Maintenance Tasks

• Node Operations
• Monitoring Cassandra
• MBeans
• Basic Maintenance

Module 10: Backup and Recovery

• Backing Up Data C*
• Cluster Options
• Restore Data C*

Module 11: Security

• Authentication and Authorization
• Encryption

Module 12: Performance Considerations

• Managing Performance
• Caching
• Memory structures
• Concurrency

Module 13: Antipatterns

• Golden Hammer
• Frequent updates
• Queues
• Query Flexibility
• Full Table Scans
• Incorrect Batch