Practice Snitches - 1.6 | Week 6: Cloud Storage: Key-value Stores/NoSQL | Distributed and Cloud Systems Micro Specialization
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What do snitches in Apache Cassandra determine?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what helps in placement of replicas across nodes.

Question 2

Easy

Why is it important to have replicas in different racks?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the consequences of a single point of failure.

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What is the primary function of a snitch in Cassandra?

  • Data Storage
  • Network Topology Detection
  • Query Execution

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider the role of snitches in data management.

Question 2

True or False: Snitches in Cassandra can place replicas in the same failure domain.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the purpose of having redundancy.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

You are tasked with setting up a new Cassandra cluster across three different geographic locations. Discuss how you would use snitches to implement an effective replication strategy.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about geographical factors and their influence on data accessibility.

Question 2

A failure occurs in one data center, and certain nodes become unreachable. Analyze how snitches affect the behavior of the database during this incident.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider implications of routing requests based on node availability.

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