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Open-Source and DataStax Cassandra Versions: A Comprehensive Guide

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Understanding Apache Cassandra Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source distributed database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across multiple commodity servers. It follows a peer-to-peer architecture, employing a decentralized approach to data storage and replication.

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Health Information Management: Concepts, Processes, and Technologies Used

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So, we’ll only touch on its most vital aspects, instruments, and areas of interest — namely, data quality, patient identity, database administration, and compliance with privacy regulations. Modern databases are usually controlled via a database management system (DBMS) that sits between information and apps consuming it.