What is a column family in Cassandra?

Question

Could someone tell me what is a column family in Cassandra?

Answer 1

Column Family in Cassandra could be described as a collection of rows, that contain ordered columns. This Column Family is used in Cassandra to represent the structure of stored data. All Cassandra’s Column families are stored in one or the other Keyspace. If you are a novice to Cassandra, enroll in an industry-grade Cassandra training course from Intellipaat to enhance your practical skills and experience in dealing with the database. Also, watch the following YouTube video on Apache Cassandra.