Is Cassandra a column oriented or columnar database

Question

Columnar database should store group of columns together. But Cassandra stores data row-wise. SS Table will hold multiple rows of data mapped to their corresponding partiti

Answer 1

If you go to the Apache Cassandra project on GitHub, and scroll down to the "Executive Summary," you will get your answer:

Cassandra is a partitioned row store. Rows are organized into tables with a required primary key.

Partitioning means that Cassandra can distribute your data across multiple machines in an application-transparent matter. Cassandra will automatically repartition as machines are added and removed from the cluster.

Row store means that like relational databases, Cassandra organizes data by rows and columns.

"So I feel like Cassandra is a row wise data store"

And that would be correct.