Kusuka esigabeni esinikeziwe, khipha inyanga nonyaka lapho iCassandra yakhululwa khona ku-Google code
Context:U-Avinash Lakshman, ongomunye wababhali be-Amazon's Dynamo, noPrashan Malik ekuqaleni basungula i-Cassandra ku-Facebook ukuze basebenzise isici sokusesha se-inbox ye-Facebook. I-Facebook yakhipha i-Cassandra njengephrojekthi yomthombo ovulekile kwikhodi ye-Google ngoJulayi 2008. NgoMashi 2009, yaba iphrojekthi ye-Apache Incubator. NgoFebhuwari 17, 2010, waphothula izifundo zakhe waba iphrojekthi esezingeni eliphakeme.  Abathuthukisi be-Facebook baqamba i-database yabo ngegama lomprofethi waseTrojan oyinganekwane uCassandra, okwakuyinkomba evamile yesiqalekiso somprofethi.
I-Facebook yakhipha i-Cassandra njengephrojekthi yomthombo ovulekile kwikhodi ye-Google ngoJulayi 2008.