diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Cassandra/CassandraExecutor.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Cassandra/CassandraExecutor.cs
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+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+// Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+namespace VirtualClient.Actions
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.Diagnostics;
+    using System.IO.Abstractions;
+    using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+    using System.Threading;
+    using System.Threading.Tasks;
+    using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+    using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+    using VirtualClient.Common;
+    using VirtualClient.Common.Extensions;
+    using VirtualClient.Common.Platform;
+    using VirtualClient.Common.Telemetry;
+    using VirtualClient.Contracts;
+    using VirtualClient.Contracts.Metadata;
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Executor.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class CassandraExecutor : VirtualClientComponent
+    {
+        private IFileSystem fileSystem;
+        private IPackageManager packageManager;
+        private IStateManager stateManager;
+        private ISystemManagement systemManager;
+        // private string cassandraDirectory = @".";
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Executor.
+        /// </summary>
+        public CassandraExecutor(IServiceCollection dependencies, IDictionary<string, IConvertible> parameters)
+            : base(dependencies, parameters)
+        {
+            this.systemManager = this.Dependencies.GetService<ISystemManagement>();
+            this.packageManager = this.systemManager.PackageManager;
+            this.stateManager = this.systemManager.StateManager;
+            this.fileSystem = this.systemManager.FileSystem;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Cassandra space separated input files or directories
+        /// </summary>
+        public string InputFilesOrDirs
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                this.Parameters.TryGetValue(nameof(CassandraExecutor.InputFilesOrDirs), out IConvertible inputFilesOrDirs);
+                return inputFilesOrDirs?.ToString();
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Executes the workload.
+        /// </summary>
+        protected override async Task ExecuteAsync(EventContext telemetryContext, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                // Command and parameters specified in the workload configuration
+                // Execute the command
+                using (BackgroundOperations profiling = BackgroundOperations.BeginProfiling(this, cancellationToken))
+                {
+                    // this.Logger.LogInformation($"inside using profiling");
+                    string command = this.Parameters.GetValue<string>("command");
+                    string argument = this.Parameters.GetValue<string>("parameters");
+                    using (IProcessProxy process = await this.ExecuteCommandAsync(command, argument, ".", telemetryContext, cancellationToken)
+                        .ConfigureAwait(false))
+                    {
+                        if (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        {
+                            await this.LogProcessDetailsAsync(process, telemetryContext, "Cassandra", logToFile: true);
+                            process.ThrowIfWorkloadFailed();
+                            this.CaptureMetrics(process, telemetryContext, argument);
+                        }
+
+                        if (process.ExitCode != 0)
+                        {
+                            throw new WorkloadException($"Command failed with exit code {process.ExitCode}.");
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                // Log the error and rethrow
+                this.Logger.LogMessage($"Failed to parse cassandra output: {ex.Message}", LogLevel.Warning, telemetryContext);
+                throw new WorkloadException($"Failed to parse cassandra output: {ex.Message}", ex);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private async Task ExecuteCommandAsync(string pathToExe, string commandLineArguments, string workingDirectory, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+            {
+                this.Logger.LogTraceMessage($"Executing process '{pathToExe}' '{commandLineArguments}' at directory '{workingDirectory}'.");
+
+                EventContext telemetryContext = EventContext.Persisted()
+                    .AddContext("command", pathToExe)
+                    .AddContext("commandArguments", commandLineArguments);
+
+                await this.Logger.LogMessageAsync($"{nameof(CassandraExecutor)}.ExecuteProcess", telemetryContext, async () =>
+                {
+                    DateTime start = DateTime.Now;
+                    using (IProcessProxy process = this.systemManager.ProcessManager.CreateElevatedProcess(this.Platform, pathToExe, commandLineArguments, workingDirectory))
+                    {
+                        this.CleanupTasks.Add(() => process.SafeKill());
+                        await process.StartAndWaitAsync(cancellationToken)
+                            .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                        if (!cancellationToken.IsCancellationRequested)
+                        {
+                            await this.LogProcessDetailsAsync(process, telemetryContext)
+                                .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                            process.ThrowIfErrored<WorkloadException>(errorReason: ErrorReason.WorkloadFailed);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void CaptureMetrics(IProcessProxy process, EventContext telemetryContext, string commandArguments)
+        {
+            process.ThrowIfNull(nameof(process));
+
+            this.MetadataContract.AddForScenario(
+                "cassandra",
+                commandArguments,
+                toolVersion: null);
+
+            this.MetadataContract.Apply(telemetryContext);
+
+            CassandraMetricsParser parser = new CassandraMetricsParser(process.StandardOutput.ToString());
+            IList<Metric> metrics = parser.Parse();
+
+            this.Logger.LogMetrics(
+                "cassandra",
+                this.Scenario,
+                process.StartTime,
+                process.ExitTime,
+                metrics,
+                null,
+                commandArguments,
+                this.Tags,
+                telemetryContext);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Cassandra/CassandraMetricsParser.cs b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Actions/Cassandra/CassandraMetricsParser.cs
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+namespace VirtualClient.Actions
+{
+    using System;
+    using System.Collections.Generic;
+    using System.Data;
+    using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+    using VirtualClient.Common.Contracts;
+    using VirtualClient.Contracts;
+    using DataTableExtensions = VirtualClient.Contracts.DataTableExtensions;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Parser for Cassandra output document.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class CassandraMetricsParser : MetricsParser
+    {
+        private static readonly Regex OpRateRegex = new Regex(@"Op rate\s+:\s+([\d,]+) op/s", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+        private static readonly Regex PartitionRateRegex = new Regex(@"Partition rate\s+:\s+([\d,]+) pk/s", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+        private static readonly Regex RowRateRegex = new Regex(@"Row rate\s+:\s+([\d,]+) row/s", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+        private static readonly Regex LatencyMeanRegex = new Regex(@"Latency mean\s+:\s+([\d.]+) ms", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+        private static readonly Regex LatencyMaxRegex = new Regex(@"Latency max\s+:\s+([\d.]+) ms", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+        private static readonly Regex TotalErrorsRegex = new Regex(@"Total errors\s+:\s+([\d,]+)", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+        private static readonly Regex TotalOperationTimeRegex = new Regex(@"Total operation time\s+:\s+(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// constructor for <see cref="CassandraMetricsParser"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rawText">Raw text to parse.</param>
+        public CassandraMetricsParser(string rawText)
+            : base(rawText)
+        {
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// List of parsed metrics from the YCSB output.
+        /// </summary>
+        public List<Metric> Metrics { get; set; } = new List<Metric>();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override IList<Metric> Parse()
+        {
+            this.Preprocess();
+            this.ThrowIfInvalidOutputFormat();
+            this.ExtractMetrics();
+
+            return this.Metrics;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        protected override void Preprocess()
+        {
+            // Normalize the text to ensure consistent formatting.
+            this.PreprocessedText = Regex.Replace(this.RawText, "\r\n", "\n");
+            this.PreprocessedText = Regex.Replace(this.PreprocessedText, "\n\n", "\n"); // Consolidate multiple newlines
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        private void ThrowIfInvalidOutputFormat()
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(this.PreprocessedText))
+            {
+                throw new SchemaException("The Cassandra Stress output has incorrect format for parsing: empty or null text.");
+            }
+
+            if (!OpRateRegex.IsMatch(this.PreprocessedText))
+            {
+                throw new SchemaException("The Cassandra Stress output has incorrect format for parsing: missing key metrics.");
+            }
+        }
+ 
+        private void ExtractMetrics()
+        {
+            this.ExtractMetric(OpRateRegex, "Op Rate", "ops/s", true);
+            this.ExtractMetric(PartitionRateRegex, "Partition Rate", "pk/s", false);
+            this.ExtractMetric(RowRateRegex, "Row Rate", "row/s", true);
+            this.ExtractMetric(LatencyMeanRegex, "Latency Mean", "ms", false);
+            this.ExtractMetric(LatencyMaxRegex, "Latency Max", "ms", false);
+            this.ExtractMetric(TotalErrorsRegex, "Total Errors", "count", false);
+            var match = TotalOperationTimeRegex.Match(this.PreprocessedText);
+            if (match.Success)
+            {
+                if (TimeSpan.TryParse(match.Groups[1].Value, out TimeSpan operationTime))
+                {   
+                    double totalSeconds = operationTime.TotalSeconds;
+                    this.Metrics.Add(new Metric("Total Operation Time", totalSeconds, "seconds", MetricRelativity.LowerIsBetter));
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new FormatException($"Invalid operation time format: {match.Groups[1].Value}");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        private void ExtractMetric(Regex regex, string metricName, string unit, bool higherIsBetter)
+        {
+            var match = regex.Match(this.PreprocessedText);
+            if (match.Success)
+            {
+                this.Metrics.Add(new Metric(metricName, Convert.ToDouble(match.Groups[1].Value), unit, higherIsBetter ? MetricRelativity.HigherIsBetter : MetricRelativity.LowerIsBetter));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/PERF-CASSANDRA.json b/src/VirtualClient/VirtualClient.Main/profiles/PERF-CASSANDRA.json
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+{
+    "Description": "Cassandra Workload",
+    "Metadata": {
+        "RecommendedMinimumExecutionTime": "00:05:00",
+        "SupportedPlatforms": "linux-x64,linux-arm64,win-x64,win-arm64",
+        "SupportedOperatingSystems": "CBL-Mariner,CentOS,Debian,RedHat,Suse,Ubuntu,Windows"
+    },
+    "Actions": [
+        {
+            "Type": "CassandraExecutor",
+            "Parameters": {
+                "Scenario": "Cassandra stress test for READ",
+                "command": "cassandra-stress",
+                "parameters": "read n=20000 -rate threads=50"
+            }
+        }
+    ],
+    "Dependencies": [
+        {
+            "Type": "LinuxPackageInstallation",
+            "Parameters": {
+                "Scenario": "InstallCassandraPackage",
+                "Packages-Apt": "cassandra"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+} 
+