Hi! I think that the best place to start is to see the DataStax videos. They are really useful and explain things really well. Check them here <https://academy.datastax.com/courses>. Although thee DS101 doesn't contain any deep architecture info, they tell you how Cassandra first came to be. On DS201 they cover architecture details so I think that will be your main focus to start.
The GettingStarted wiki <https://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/GettingStarted> on Planet Cassandra is also really useful and contains links to other useful sites (including the videos on DataStax). Best of luck with your Cassandra journey ;) Regards Pedro Gordo On 28 March 2016 at 13:48, Salih Gedik <m...@salih.xyz> wrote: > Hey there, > > I am Salih, a sophomore CS student. I really like Cassandra project and > I'd love to contribute to its development. I have read the steps to get up > and running and looking for bugs in tracker. However I need to understand > the architecture of the system. Therefore I'd appreciate if you could give > me some tips to run a little bit faster. > > Thank you so much for your time. > Regards > -- > Salih Gedik >