Is this the correct data model thinking?

2012-02-27 Thread Blake Starkenburg
Using a user/member as an example I am curious which of the data models would be the best fit for performance and longevity of data in Cassandra? Consider the simple staples of user/member details like username,email,address,state,preferences,etc. Fairly simple, storing this data into a row key

Wide Row Performance Index Question

2012-02-20 Thread Blake Starkenburg
Question pertaining to wide or large rows in Cassandra. I recall reading in a blog I believe posted by Aaron Morton a notation that Cassandra creates its own index of a row when it reaches X amount of columns? My curiosity is: A.) At what column count does this happen? B.) If Thrift is only

Re: Routine nodetool repair

2011-12-21 Thread Blake Starkenburg
://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations#Dealing_with_the_consequences_of_nodetool_repair_not_running_within_GCGraceSeconds Cheers - Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 21/12/2011, at 2:44 PM, Blake Starkenburg wrote: I have been

Re: Routine nodetool repair

2011-12-21 Thread Blake Starkenburg
http://www.thelastpickle.com On 22/12/2011, at 5:21 AM, Blake Starkenburg wrote: Thank You! Could the lack of routine repair be why nodetool ring reports: node(1) Load - 78.24 MB and node(2) Load - 67.21 MB? The load span between the two nodes has been increasing ever so slowly... On Wed

Routine nodetool repair

2011-12-20 Thread Blake Starkenburg
I have been playing around with Cassandra for a few months now. Starting to explore more of the routine maintenance and backup strategies and I have a general question about nodetool repair. After reading the following page: http://www.datastax.com/docs/0.8/operations/cluster_management it has