Keynote: Introducing Apache Cassandra® 5!
summary
Cassandra 5 beta1 is released as an Apache release and 5.0 GA is imminent while 5.1 will follow with transactional cluster metadata reintroduced; the 3.x branch goes into EOL and certifications update. Delivered features include storage-attached indexing, a unified compaction strategy and built-in vector search for embeddings. The project ships a leaderless transaction protocol called Accord (Paxos‑based) that aims for strict serializable isolation, single‑round‑trip execution and multi‑region, active‑active scale.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Welcome and Cassandra 5
- 1:06Release timeline and versions
- 2:29Cassandra 3.x EOL update
- 2:50Cassandra Catalyst program
- 3:33Key features in 5 beta
- 5:39Upcoming features in 5.x
- 6:43Distributed asset transactions
- 8:47Cassandra scale and value
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