Introduction to Cassandra - Denver

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This document introduces Cassandra, an open source distributed database. It discusses Cassandra's architecture including ring-based replication across nodes, use of hash rings to distribute data, and tunable consistency levels. It also covers Cassandra's write path using commit logs and SSTables, read path by querying nodes, and data modeling using tables, partitions, and clustering keys. Examples demonstrate modeling single-row and multi-row partitions in Cassandra.

Introduction to Cassandra
Jon Haddad, Technical Evangelist, DataStax
Luke Tillman, Language Evangelist, DataStax
@rustyrazorblade, @LukeTillman
©2013 DataStax Confidential. Do not distribute without consent.
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High Level Architecture
• Ring based replication
• Only 1 type of server (cassandra)
• All nodes hold data and can answer
queries
• No SPOF
• Build for HA & Scalability
• Multi-DC
• Data is found by key (CQL)
• Runs on JVM

Hash Ring
• Key is hashed to a position on the
ring
• Data is replicated to RF=N servers
• Using a snitch (build in feature) you
can ensure replicas are located on
different racks / AZ

CAP Tradeoffs
!
• Cassandra chooses Availability &
Partition Tolerance over Consistency
• Replication factor (RF=3)
• Queries have tunable consistency level
• ALL, QUORUM, ONE

The Write Path
• Writes are written to any node in the cluster
(coordinator)
• Writes are written to commit log, then to
meltable
• Memtable flushed to disk periodically
(sstable)
• New memtable is created in memory
• Deletes are actually a special write case,
called a “tombstone”

What is an SSTable?
• Immutable data file
• Deletes are written as tombstones
• Every write includes a timestamp of when it
was written
• Partition is spread across multiple SSTables
• Same column can be in multiple SSTables
• Merged through compaction, only latest
timestamp is kept
sstable
sstable sstable sstable

The Read Path
• Any server may be queried, it acts as the
coordinator
• Contacts nodes with the requested key
• On each node, data is pulled from
SSTables and merged
• Consistency< ALL performs read repair
in background (read_repair_chance)

Data Structures
• Like an RDBMS, Cassandra uses a Table to
store data
• But there’s where the similarities end
• Partitions within tables
• Rows within partitions (or a single row)
• CQL to create tables & query data
• Partition keys determine where a partition
is found
• Clustering keys determine ordering of rows
within a partition
Keyspace
Table
Partition
Row

Example: Single Row Partition
• Simple User system
• Identified by name (pk)
• 1 Row per partition
• This is familiar territory
name age job
jon 33 evangelist
luke 33 evangelist
old pete 108 retired
s. seagal 62 actor
JCVD 53 actor
cqlsh:demo> select * from user WHERE name = 'JCVD'
cqlsh:demo> create table user
(name text primary key,
age int,
job text);

Example: Multiple Rows
• Comments on photos
• Comments are always selected by
the photo_id
• There are only 4 rows in 2 partitions
• In the real world, use UUIDs instead
of int for PK
photo_id comment_id user comment
5 1 jon hi
5 2 luke oh hey
5 3 JCVD AHHHHH!!!
6 4 jon great pic
select * from comment where photo_id=5
create table comment
( photo_id int,
comment_id int,
user text,
comment text,
primary key (photo_id, comment_id));

Partition with Clustering
• Multiple rows are transposed into a single partition
• Partitions vary in size
• Old terminology - "wide row"
photo_id comment_id name comment comment_id user comment comment_id user comment
5 1 jon hi 2 luke oh hey 3 JCVD AHHHHH!!!
6 4 jon great pic

CQL Data Types
Basic Types Collections
text uuid counter map
int timeuuid list
decimal set
blob
Read the CQL documentation for the full list of types

Pro Data Modeling
• How do I query my data if I can only
query by key?
• Denormalize!
• Create multiple views into your data
(multiple tables)
• Cassandra is built for fast writes
• Use fast writes to do as few reads as
possible

Let’s Download Cassandra!
• http://planetcassandra.org/
• click downloads
• use drop down to pick OS

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1. Introduction to Cassandra Jon Haddad, Technical Evangelist, DataStax Luke Tillman, Language Evangelist, DataStax @rustyrazorblade, @LukeTillman ©2013 DataStax Confidential. Do not distribute without consent. 1

2. High Level Architecture • Ring based replication • Only 1 type of server (cassandra) • All nodes hold data and can answer queries • No SPOF • Build for HA & Scalability • Multi-DC • Data is found by key (CQL) • Runs on JVM

3. Hash Ring • Key is hashed to a position on the ring • Data is replicated to RF=N servers • Using a snitch (build in feature) you can ensure replicas are located on different racks / AZ

4. CAP Tradeoffs ! • Cassandra chooses Availability & Partition Tolerance over Consistency • Replication factor (RF=3) • Queries have tunable consistency level • ALL, QUORUM, ONE

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6. What is an SSTable? • Immutable data file • Deletes are written as tombstones • Every write includes a timestamp of when it was written • Partition is spread across multiple SSTables • Same column can be in multiple SSTables • Merged through compaction, only latest timestamp is kept sstable sstable sstable sstable

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8. Data Structures • Like an RDBMS, Cassandra uses a Table to store data • But there’s where the similarities end • Partitions within tables • Rows within partitions (or a single row) • CQL to create tables & query data • Partition keys determine where a partition is found • Clustering keys determine ordering of rows within a partition Keyspace Table Partition Row

9. Example: Single Row Partition • Simple User system • Identified by name (pk) • 1 Row per partition • This is familiar territory name age job jon 33 evangelist luke 33 evangelist old pete 108 retired s. seagal 62 actor JCVD 53 actor cqlsh:demo> select * from user WHERE name = 'JCVD' cqlsh:demo> create table user (name text primary key, age int, job text);

10. Example: Multiple Rows • Comments on photos • Comments are always selected by the photo_id • There are only 4 rows in 2 partitions • In the real world, use UUIDs instead of int for PK photo_id comment_id user comment 5 1 jon hi 5 2 luke oh hey 5 3 JCVD AHHHHH!!! 6 4 jon great pic select * from comment where photo_id=5 create table comment ( photo_id int, comment_id int, user text, comment text, primary key (photo_id, comment_id));

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12. CQL Data Types Basic Types Collections text uuid counter map int timeuuid list decimal set blob Read the CQL documentation for the full list of types

13. Pro Data Modeling • How do I query my data if I can only query by key? • Denormalize! • Create multiple views into your data (multiple tables) • Cassandra is built for fast writes • Use fast writes to do as few reads as possible

14. Let’s Download Cassandra! • http://planetcassandra.org/ • click downloads • use drop down to pick OS