Some of useful links
http://cassandra.apache.org/http://schabby.de/cassandra-installation-configuration/http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ThriftExampleshttp://prettyprint.me/2010/02/23/hector-a-java-cassandra-client/http://www.rackspacecloud.com/blog/2010/05/12/cassandra-by-example/http://blog.evanweaver.com/articles/2009/07/06/up-and-running-with-cassandra/http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/APIhttp://anismiles.wordpress.com/2010/05/24/connecting-to-cassandra-1/
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cool, thanks