What are the differences between a node, a cluster and a datacenter in a cassandra nosql database?
The hierarchy of elements in Cassandra is: Cluster Data center(s) Rack(s) Server(s) Node (more accurately, a vnode) A Cluster is a collection of Data Centers. A Data Center is a collection of Racks. A Rack is a collection of Servers. A Server contains 256 virtual nodes (or vnodes) by default. A vnode is the data … Read more