Improving Bad Partition Handling in Apache Cassandra

Explore strategies for improving bad partition handling in Apache Cassandra in this 25-minute conference talk by Jordan West and Cheng Wang from Netflix. Gain insights into identifying, blocking, and mitigating various forms of bad partitions that can impact Cassandra performance. Learn about Netflix's approaches to handling production incidents caused by large partitions, partitions with millions of small rows, partitions with numerous deleted or expired rows, and partitions containing large binary or text blobs. Discover ongoing efforts to enhance existing tools and develop new solutions for the Cassandra community. Examine real-world examples from production incidents to better understand and address these critical performance issues in Apache Cassandra deployments.

Improving Bad Partition Handling in Apache Cassandra - Jordan West & Cheng Wang, Netflix