Best Ways to Create Cassandra Keyspace [Create]

Create Keyspace in Cassandra

All tables are grouped in keyspace. Keyspace name should be comprised of only alphanumeric characters and cannot be empty. KEYSPACE are limited in size to 48 characters.

Syntax:- CREATE KEYSPACE [ IF NOT EXISTS ] keyspace_name WITH options

The supported options are

Name	Type	Mandatory	Default	Description
replication	map	yes		The replication strategy and options to use for the keyspace.
durable_writes	simple	no	TRUE	Whether to use the commit log for updates on this keyspace.

Example:-

cqlsh> CREATE KEYSPACE Customer WITH 
 replication = {'class': 'SimpleStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 3};

cqlsh> CREATE KEYSPACE Music WITH 
replication = {'class': 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'DC1' : 1, 'DC2' : 3}
    AND durable_writes = false;