Thisisacookbookandalltasksareapproachedasrecipes.Arecipedescribesataskandoutlinesthestepsnecessarytocompletethistask.Somerecipesinthebookareexamplesofwritingcode.AnexampleofthisisarecipethatstoresandaccessestheentriesofaphonebookinCassandra.Therecipeconsistsofadescriptionoftheprogram,afullcodeexampleisgiven,theexampleisrun,theoutputisdisplayed,andfinallythehowitworkssectiondescribestheprocessorcodeingreaterdetail.Otherrecipesinthebookdescribeatask.AnexampleofthisisarecipethattakesasnapshotbackupofdatainCassandra.Thisrecipecontainsadescriptionoftheprocess,itthenshowshowtorunthesnapshotcommandandconfirmthatitworked,itthenexplainswhatthesnapshotcommanddoesbehindthescenes,finallythe‘seealso’sectionreferencesotherrelatedrecipessuchastherecipetorestoreasnapshot.Thisbookisdesignedforadministrators,developers,anddataarchitectswhoareinterestedinApacheCassandraforredundant,highlyperforming,andscalabledatastorage.Typicallytheseusersshouldhaveexperienceworkingwithadatabasetechnology,multiplenodecomputerclusters,andhighavailabilitysolutions.