Top Mistakes with ScyllaDB: Intro & Infrastructure

The blog series by Felipe Cardeneti Mendes focuses on avoiding common mistakes when using ScyllaDB, beginning with selecting suitable infrastructure for optimal performance. ScyllaDB, known for high throughput and low latency, is a distributed database that requires specific considerations for infrastructure to achieve its full potential. Users often make mistakes by applying practices from other databases, which may not align with ScyllaDB's architecture. Key recommendations include starting with smaller, under-provisioned environments, ensuring cluster configurations are balanced, and considering networking and memory allocation carefully. The series emphasizes the importance of understanding specific use case needs and making informed infrastructure choices to avoid pitfalls and maximize the database's capabilities. Future posts will delve into storage considerations and data modeling mistakes.