Repository: cassandra Updated Branches: refs/heads/trunk 11aeeea2c -> ccc848988
minor fixups to the README file patch by dlester reviewed by dbrosius for CASSANDRA-12553 Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/commit/ccc84898 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/tree/ccc84898 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/diff/ccc84898 Branch: refs/heads/trunk Commit: ccc8489888c1a67f0af95c6d5556495de3d83a84 Parents: 11aeeea Author: Dave Lester <dave_les...@apple.com> Authored: Sun Sep 4 00:11:28 2016 -0400 Committer: Dave Brosius <dbros...@mebigfatguy.com> Committed: Sun Sep 4 00:11:28 2016 -0400 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- README.asc | 20 +++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/cassandra/blob/ccc84898/README.asc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/README.asc b/README.asc index 8ae90e8..910fb64 100644 --- a/README.asc +++ b/README.asc @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -Executive summary +Apache Cassandra ----------------- -Cassandra is a partitioned row store. Rows are organized into tables with a required primary key. +Apache Cassandra is a highly-scalable partitioned row store. Rows are organized into tables with a required primary key. -http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Partitioners[Partitioning] means that Cassandra can distribute your data across multiple machines in an application-transparent matter. Cassandra will automatically repartition as machines are added and removed from the cluster. +http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Partitioners[Partitioning] means that Cassandra can distribute your data across multiple machines in an application-transparent matter. Cassandra will automatically repartition as machines are added and removed from the cluster. -http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DataModel[Row store] means that like relational databases, Cassandra organizes data by rows and columns. The Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is a close relative of SQL. +http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DataModel[Row store] means that like relational databases, Cassandra organizes data by rows and columns. The Cassandra Query Language (CQL) is a close relative of SQL. For more information, see http://cassandra.apache.org/[the Apache Cassandra web site]. @@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ Getting started --------------- This short guide will walk you through getting a basic one node cluster up -and running, and demonstrate some simple reads and writes. +and running, and demonstrate some simple reads and writes. For a more-complete guide, please see the Apache Cassandra website's http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/getting_started/[Getting Started Guide]. First, we'll unpack our archive: $ tar -zxvf apache-cassandra-$VERSION.tar.gz $ cd apache-cassandra-$VERSION -After that we start the server. Running the startup script with the -f argument will cause +After that we start the server. Running the startup script with the -f argument will cause Cassandra to remain in the foreground and log to standard out; it can be stopped with ctrl-C. $ bin/cassandra -f @@ -79,14 +79,12 @@ If your session looks similar to what's above, congrats, your single node cluster is operational! For more on what commands are supported by CQL, see -https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/trunk/doc/cql3/CQL.textile[the CQL reference]. A +http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cql/[the CQL reference]. A reasonable way to think of it is as, "SQL minus joins and subqueries, plus collections." -Wondering where to go from here? +Wondering where to go from here? - * Getting started: http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GettingStarted * Join us in #cassandra on irc.freenode.net and ask questions * Subscribe to the Users mailing list by sending a mail to user-subscr...@cassandra.apache.org - * Planet Cassandra aggregates Cassandra articles and news: - http://planetcassandra.org/ + * Visit the http://cassandra.apache.org/community/[community section] of the Cassandra website for more information on getting involved.