Author: jbellis Date: Fri Aug 26 21:31:37 2011 New Revision: 1162267 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1162267&view=rev Log: update NEWS
Modified: cassandra/trunk/NEWS.txt Modified: cassandra/trunk/NEWS.txt URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/cassandra/trunk/NEWS.txt?rev=1162267&r1=1162266&r2=1162267&view=diff ============================================================================== --- cassandra/trunk/NEWS.txt (original) +++ cassandra/trunk/NEWS.txt Fri Aug 26 21:31:37 2011 @@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ Features - "cassandra.bat install" will install Cassandra as a Windows Service - SSTable compression can be enabled by setting options ??? - Compressed SSTable blocks are checksummed to protect against bitrot - - New LevelDB-inspired compaction algorithm can be enabled by setting - option ??? + - New LevelDB-inspired compaction algorithm can be enabled by setting the + Columnfamily compaction_strategy=LeveledCompactionStrategy option. + Leveled compaction means you only need to keep a few MB of space free for + compaction instead of (in the worst case) 50%. - Windows Service ("cassandra.bat install" to enable) Other