Slides: https://www.slideshare.net/DataStax/a-detailed-look-at-cassandrayaml-edward-capriolo-the-last-pickle-cassandra-summit-2016 | Successfully running Apache Cassandra in production often means knowing what configuration settings to change and which ones to leave as default. Over the years the cassandra.yaml file has grown to provide a number of settings that can improve stability and performance. While the file contains plenty of helpful comments, there is more to be said about the settings and when to change them. In this talk Edward Capriolo, Consultant at The Last Pickle, will break down the parameters in the configuration files. Looking at those that are essential to getting started, those that impact performance, those that improve availability, the exotic ones, and the ones that should not be played with. This talk is ideal for someone someone setting up Cassandra for the first time up to people with deployments in productions and wondering what the more exotic configuration options do. About the Speaker Edward Capriolo Consultant, The Last Pickle Long time Apache Cassandra user, big data enthusiast.