Journey To Database World: Part 8 (Column Family Database - Cassandra As Example)
Other Parts of This Series: Part 7: Journey To Database World: Part 7 (Document Database - MongoDB As Example) Part 9: Journey To Database World: Part 9 (Graph Database - Neo4j As Example) Column Family Database - Cassandra (Photo Credit: LinkedIn Image) Story: Imagine a flexible library where each bookshelf (column family) represents a category of data, such as “Science” or “History.” Within each bookshelf, books (rows) contain unique chapters (columns), and not all books need to have the same chapters. Each book has a unique ID (row key), making it easy to locate on the shelf. So if you only want to read about “Physics,” you can go directly to the “Science” bookshelf and the specific book without flipping through everything else. ...