I would second the suggestion of going over https://academy.datastax.com/ then can check out http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/deep-into-cassandra-internals
Chris On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 8:04 AM, Pedro Gordo <pedro.gordo1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > > I think that the best place to start is to see the DataStax videos. They > are really useful and explain things really well. Check them here > <https://academy.datastax.com/courses>. Although thee DS101 doesn't > contain > any deep architecture info, they tell you how Cassandra first came to be. > On DS201 they cover architecture details so I think that will be your main > focus to start. > > The GettingStarted wiki <https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GettingStarted> > on Planet Cassandra is also really useful and contains links to other > useful sites (including the videos on DataStax). > > Best of luck with your Cassandra journey ;) > > Regards > > Pedro Gordo > > On 28 March 2016 at 13:48, Salih Gedik <m...@salih.xyz> wrote: > > > Hey there, > > > > I am Salih, a sophomore CS student. I really like Cassandra project and > > I'd love to contribute to its development. I have read the steps to get > up > > and running and looking for bugs in tracker. However I need to understand > > the architecture of the system. Therefore I'd appreciate if you could > give > > me some tips to run a little bit faster. > > > > Thank you so much for your time. > > Regards > > -- > > Salih Gedik > > >