How do I configure IT infrastructure for large-scale distributed databases like Cassandra?
1. Hardware Requirements Compute Nodes CPU: Choose servers with strong multi-core CPUs (e.g., AMD EPYC or Intel Xeon). Cassandra is CPU-intensive for queries and writes. Memory: Allocate sufficient RAM. Cassandra benefits from large amounts of memory for caching, but it doesn’t store data in memory. A good starting point is 32 GB to 64 GB […]