Certified Apache Cassandra Professional VS-1046

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1 Certified Apache Cassandra Professional VS-1046

2 Certified Apache Cassandra Professional Certification Code VS-1046 Vskills certification for Apache Cassandra Professional assesses the candidate for skills for Apache cassandra database. The certification tests the candidates on various area of Apache cassandra distributed database which includes knowledge of installing, administering and configuring applications utilizing the cassandra. Why should one take this certification? This Course is intended for professionals and graduates wanting to excel in their chosen areas. It is also well suited for those who are already working and would like to take certification for further career progression. Earning Vskills Certified Apache Cassandra Professional Certification can help candidate differentiate in today's competitive job market, broaden their employment opportunities by displaying their advanced skills, and result in higher earning potential. For employers, the certification provides skill-verification tools that not only help assess a person's skills in Cassandra database but also the ability to quickly complete on-the-job tasks across multiple programs. Who will benefit from taking this certification? Job seekers looking to find employment in various software and IT infrastructure companies, students generally wanting to improve their skill set and make their CV stronger and existing employees looking for a better role can prove their employers the value of their skills through this certification Test Details: Duration: 60 minutes No. of questions: 50 Maximum marks: 50, Passing marks: 25 (50%); There is no negative marking in this module. Fee Structure: Rs. 3,000/- (Includes all taxes)

3 Companies that hire Vskills Certified Apache Cassandra Professional Vskills Certified Apache Cassandra Professional finds employment in big or small cloud based software development and IT infrastructure companies. There is a shortage of skilled professionals in this field and companies are in a constant look out of people well acquainted with the work culture and the processes involved.

4 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1 History of Cassandra 1.2 Cassandra s need and advantages 1.3 Data model and terms 2. Installation 2.1 Source building and installation Cassandra 2.2 Client CLI and commands 3. Architecture 3.1 Keyspace 3.2 Replication with Gossip protocol 3.3 Durability with sstables, memtables, commit logs and hinted handoff 3.4 Compaction 3.5 Bloom filters and tombstones 3.6 Concurrency by SEDA 4. Configuring Cassandra 4.1 Keyspaces API definitions 4.2 Replica and their placement 4.3 Row key sorting by partitioner 4.4 Host proximity by snitch 4.5 Creating a cluster and nodes 4.6 Implementing Security 5. Connecting 5.1 Client layer with Thrift and Avro 5.2 Different clients for programming languages 6. Data Read and writes 6.1 Basic properties 6.2 Single, range and multiget slice 6.3 Deletion and programmatic definition 7. Monitoring 7.1 Using Log4J for logging 7.2 JMX and managed beans 7.3 Heap and thread monitoring

5 8. Performance Tuning 8.1 Tuning commit logs and memtables 8.2 Caching and buffer sizing 8.3 Stress testing and JVM tuning 9. Maintenance 9.1 Nodetool 9.2 cfstats and tpstats 9.3 Snapshot management 9.4 Updating and removing nodes Certified Apache Cassandra Professional

6 Course Outline Introduction Background of development of Cassandra Explains need and benefits of Cassandra Details on data model and terms used like cluster, keyspace, columns, etc. Installation Explains the process of building from source and installing Cassandra Describes the usage of client CLI and various commands Architecture Explains the concept of keyspace Details on replication with gossip protocol Explains the process of implementing durability with sstables, memtables, commit logs and hinted handoff Explains compaction in cassandra Describes bloom filters and tombstones Explains concurrency by SEDA Configuring Cassandra Explains different API definitions of keyspaces Explains replica and their placement Explains the procedure of using partitioner for row key sorting Detailing snitch for host proximity Explains the process of cluster and nodes creation Explains the process of implementing Security in cluster Connecting Explains the procedure of using thrift and avro for access by client Describes the different clients for programming languages Data Read and writes Illustrates basic read and write properties Describes different slice accesses of single, range and multiget slice Illustrates deletion and programmatic definition of slices Monitoring Explains the procedure of using Log4J for logging Explains JMX and managed beans Monitoring heap and threads

7 Performance Tuning Performance tuning of commit logs and memtables Describes the procedure of caching and buffer sizing Illustrates stress testing and JVM tuning Maintenance Explains Nodetool Illustrates cfstats and tpstats Explains the procedure of managing Snapshot Explains the procedure of updating and removing nodes

8 Sample Questions 1. JMX stands for. A. Java Managed Extension B. Java Management Extension C. Java Manipulated Extension 2. Cassandra is an.. A. Centralized database B. Distributed database C. Peer-to peer database 3. Cassandra s orientation is. A. Header B. Row C. Column 4. A column family is collection of. A. Rows B. Columns C. Rings 5. Super columns store. A. Map of columns B. Byte array value C. Pointer to rings Answers: 1 (B), 2 (B), 3 (C), 4 (A), 5 (A)

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