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Storage Structure

Explore Apache Cassandra's storage structure to understand how data is organized and distributed. Learn about clusters, keyspaces, tables, partition keys, rows, columns, and cells to grasp essential concepts for efficient Cassandra data modeling and query design.

The following set of terms describes Apache Cassandra’s storage structure hierarchy.

Data model

An abstract model for organizing elements of data, i.e., how the database gathers, stores, and uses the data. In Apache Cassandra, the data model is based on the queries to be performed on the database.

Cluster

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