https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Routing feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/07/netflix-cassandra-partition/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Routing <img src="https://www.infoq.com/styles/static/images/logo/logo_bigger.jpg"/><p>Netflix engineers introduced dynamic partition splitting for Cassandra to address wide partitions in time series workloads. The metadata-driven approach detects oversized partitions, splits them smaller units, and routes reads across child partitions. Netflix reported lower read latency from seconds to milliseconds, reduced timeouts, and improved cluster stability while maintaining transparency.</p> <i>By Leela Kumili</i> Cassandra Partitioning Scalability Clusters Routing Low Latency Architecture Distributed Systems Metadata Time Series Data Data Partitioning Database Architecture & Design Development news Mon, 06 Jul 2026 14:24:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/07/netflix-cassandra-partition/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Routing Leela Kumili 2026-07-06T14:24:00Z /news/2026/07/netflix-cassandra-partition/en