Zstd has been Apache Cassandra®'s go-to compression since 4.0. CEP-54 adds a trained dictionary on top, landing in 6.0 — context a single block never gets to see.
Stefan Miklosovic, NetApp.
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A consensus protocol's paper performance and its performance under a benchmark harness are not the same number.
Youki Shiraishi, Researcher at NTT, on evaluating Accord with NoSQLBench.
Apache Cassandra® track, Community Over Code, Glasgow.
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cqlsh has been the front door to Apache Cassandra® for over a decade, and it still needs a Python runtime.
CQLAI is an Apache-2.0 alternative: one Go binary, no runtime dependency. Hayato Shimizu, AxonOps.
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"The tests pass" and "the protocol is correct" are different claims.
Alexandre Siret, IMDEA Software Institute, on model checking Apache Cassandra®'s transaction protocol in TLA+.
Community Over Code, Glasgow, 11–13 Oct.
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