One common task for Apache Cassandra DBAs is to scale horizontally or scale up (that is, add more nodes to) a cluster. Usually, this is because the cluster needs to store additional data, or provide additional operational throughput. Oftentimes, large e-commerce retailers will scale up their clusters just prior to the holiday season, as a way to ensure their ability to remain highly available during periods of heavy traffic.
Scaling up
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