Databases · Senior · Question 57 of 75
What is a wide-column store like Cassandra designed for?
- ✓Correct answer: Very high write throughput across many nodes, with queries designed around the partition key and tunable consistency
- 2Ad-hoc joins between many tables
- 3Small embedded databases on mobile devices
Explanation
You model one table per query. There are no joins and limited secondary indexes, so access patterns must be known up front.