Indexing In Cassandra

Cassandra provides a wide set of mechanisms for indexing and searching data. Cassandra’s built-in secondary indexes make it easy to get started, but it also provides unique and powerful capabilities for building custom indexes that can be used for sophisticated queries of object and document data. Cassandra 0.8 introduces Composite columns, which are a key building block of custom indexes. Find out which indexing techniques are best suited to your application, and see what’s possible using some of the advanced indexing techniques.