By "partitions" I assume you refer to "partition keys".
Generally, the more partitions keys, the better. Having more partition keys
means your data generally is spread out more evenly across the cluster,
makes repairs run faster (or so I've heard), makes adding new nodes more
smooth, and makes it
2:40 PM
To: "user@cassandra.apache.org"
Subject: understanding partitions and # of nodes
Hello,
If you have a 10 node cluster, how does having 10 partitions or 100 partitions
change how cassandra will perform?
With 10 partitions you will have 1 partition per node.
WIth 100
Hello,
If you have a 10 node cluster, how does having 10 partitions or 100
partitions change how cassandra will perform?
With 10 partitions you will have 1 partition per node.
WIth 100 partitions you will have 10 partitions per node.
With 100 partitions I guess it helps because when you add more