Cassandra under load pretty stable? Power outage with fsync mode and for
example 5 seconds window guarantee that after down only 5 seconds is lost?

ср, 30 сент. 2026 г., 17:57 Benoit TELLIER via server-user <
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> We officially tested only cassandra
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>
> Best regards,
>
> Benoit TELLIER
>
> General manager of Linagora VIETNAM.
> Product owner for Twake-Mail product.
> Chairman of the Apache James project.
>
> Mail: [email protected]
> Tel: (0033) 6 77 26 04 58 (WhatsApp, Signal)
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> Le sept. 30, 2026 9:20 AM, de Ilya Terskov <[email protected]>and in
> the end which CQL DB in this line is best suited for standalone,
> most stable (power outage?) and 100% compatible with James?
> hah yeah
> docs.yugabyte.com/stable/explore/ycql-language/
>
> "YugabyteDB's YCQL API has its roots in the Cassandra Query Language (CQL)"
>
> Please i BEG you to test it and tell me its 100% then i prefer it!
>
> ср, 30 сент. 2026 г. в 14:07, Benoit TELLIER via server-user <
> [email protected]>:
>
> > ScyllaDB has same architecture than Cassandra.
> >
> > Let me correct slightly my previous sayings...
> >
> > Cassandra commit log can be configured to be synchronous (commitlog_sync:
> > group) in which case commitlog_sync_group_window allow to configure how
> > long the write waits to trigger another (grouped) flush eg 20ms.
> > This makes it viable in a mono-node setup at the cost of a bit of write
> > throughtput.
> >
> > Tombstones are for multi-node setup, but yes being myself a Cassandra
> > nerd, Cassandra architecture is very cool!We ran distributed app on
> systems
> > with hundred-thousand users and million-per-day messages, so yes it is
> > mature. The intent with the PG backend is to make it easier and cheaper
> to
> > operate to make self hosting a viable option.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Benoit TELLIER
> >
> > General manager of Linagora VIETNAM.
> > Product owner for Twake-Mail product.
> > Chairman of the Apache James project.
> >
> > Mail: [email protected]
> > Tel: (0033) 6 77 26 04 58 (WhatsApp, Signal)
> >
> >
> >
> > Le sept. 30, 2026 8:45 AM, de Ilya Terskov <[email protected]>Well
> > thats bad, there no DB with CQL compliance (like ScyllaDB) but for
> > standalone? :c i like idea of Tombstones even sounds cool and mechanics
> too
> > and as i understand disturbed-app better tested?
> >
> > ср, 30 сент. 2026 г. в 12:06, Benoit TELLIER via server-user <
> > [email protected]>:
> >
> > > Answer: very bad
> > > The point is that Cassandra is a distributed system, and relies on it
> for
> > > data safety.
> > > Eg the commit log is fsynced periodically, and reliability is achieved
> by
> > > replicating to other nodes. In mono node setup, this 'eans a fault
> leads
> > to
> > > data loss.
> > > Cassandra make big compromise which allow eg running 8 James on top of
> 20
> > > Cassandra for a critical system, but it comes at a price: harder
> > > programming model and eventual consistency semantics....
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Benoit TELLIER
> > >
> > > General manager of Linagora VIETNAM.
> > > Product owner for Twake-Mail product.
> > > Chairman of the Apache James project.
> > >
> > > Mail: [email protected]
> > > Tel: (0033) 6 77 26 04 58 (WhatsApp, Signal)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Le sept. 30, 2026 1:30 AM, de Ilya Terskov <[email protected]>Good
> > > morning guys!
> > >
> > > Learning about Cassandra make me really wanna try use it, how it good
> > with
> > > standalone single server? I see in 5.x and 6.x versions it became much
> > more
> > > stable and got acid right? Compared to postgres its same level of
> > stability
> > > in terms of power outrage?
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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