Build, maintain, and run databases that are easy to scale and quick to query—all with ScyllaDB.

Build, maintain, and run databases that are easy to scale and quick to query—all with ScyllaDB.

ScyllaDB takes everything you love about the Cassandra database and makes it better, with huge performance improvements delivered by internal architecture revisions and a rewrite to C++. Plus, you'll benefit from fault tolerance and amazing scalability that grows alongside your projects. Ready to get started? ScyllaDB in Action is your guide to everything you need to know about ScyllaDB, from your very first queries to running it in a production environment.

Inside ScyllaDB in Action you'll learn how to:

• Read, write, and delete data in ScyllaDB
• Design database schemas for ScyllaDB
• Write performant queries against ScyllaDB
• Connect and query a ScyllaDB cluster from an application
• Configure, monitor, and operate ScyllaDB in production

This book teaches you ScyllaDB the best way—through hands-on examples. Dive into the node-based architecture of ScyllaDB, to understand how its distributed systems work, how you can troubleshoot problems, and constantly improve performance.