Chapter 5. Scaling Out
In the old days, a significant increase in system traffic would cause excitement for the sales organization and strike fear in the hearts of the operations team. Fortunately, Cassandra makes the process of scaling out a relatively pain-free affair, so both your sales and operations teams can enjoy the fruits of your success.
This chapter will give you a complete rundown of the processes, tools, and design considerations when adding nodes or data centers to your topology. We will cover the following topics:
- Choosing the right hardware configuration
- Scaling out versus scaling up
- Adding nodes
- The bootstrapping process
- Adding a data center
- How to size your cluster correctly
It should go without saying that making proper choices regarding the underlying infrastructure is a key component to achieving good performance and high availability. Conversely, poor choices can lead to a host of issues, and recovery can sometimes be difficult.
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