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Getting Started with Apache Cassandra (Coursera)

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Getting Started with Apache Cassandra (Coursera)

The “Getting Started with Cassandra” course is designed to help you gain knowledge of the Cassandra database system. You will learn architecture as well as how to design, build and use Cassandra databases.
This training course helps you develop your skills and knowledge in Cassandra. Cassandra is a NoSQL database that has the traits of a distributed, open-source, and decentralized database or storage system. It can support the management of excessively massive amounts of structured data without a single point of failure, thereby resulting in the provision of highly available services.

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This course contains 3+ hours of training videos. Learners could find a total of 35 lectures in the training course with comprehensive coverage of all topics regarding “Getting Started with Cassandra”.
These lectures are divided into 3 Modules and each module is further split into lessons. The entire
course includes Assessments to validate knowledge checks of learners. Also, a set of Graded Questions is available at the end of every module.
Module 1: Data and Storage Models in Cassandra
Module 2: Cassandra Architecture and Query Language
Module 3: Security, Deployment, Monitoring, and Maintenance in Cassandra

What You Will Learn

  • Understand the basics concepts of Databases and Cassandra concepts.
  • Overview of Architecture, CQL, Data and Storage Models in Cassandra
  • Explore the Security and Deployments in Cassandra
  • Demonstrate working of Monitoring and Maintenance in Cassandra

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Data and Storage Models in Cassandra
Welcome to the Getting Started with Cassandra Course. By enrolling in this course, you are taking the first step to kickstart your career in Cassandra. In the first week of the course, you'll learn about Cassandra's Introduction, Data, and Storage models. This course will help learners to describe the fundamentals of Cassandra. By the end of this course, you will be able to we'll learn the Course Introduction, the Basics of Databases, and the uses of Cassandra. This course is for ETL Developers, Software Engineers, Architects, and Big Data Engineers/Developers

WEEK 2
Cassandra Architecture and Query Language
In the second week of this course, we'll learn to configure Cassandra Architecture and analyze its Services. We'll also analyze Cassandra Query Language (CQL) Basics using simple queries. After this, we'll end the module by exploring and demonstrating CQL Basics and commands.

WEEK 3
Security, Deployment, Monitoring, and Maintenance in Cassandra
In the third week of this course, we'll learn about how to design and implement Cassandra Security. We'll also describe the concepts of Cassandra Deployment and Maintenance with its process. After this, we'll end the module by exploring and demonstrating Cassandra's Maintenance and Monitoring Process.

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