@Aaron: Are you suggesting 3 nodes (rather than 2) to allow quorum operations even at the temporary loss of 1 node from cluster's reach ? I understand this but I just another question popped up in my mind, probably since I'm not much experienced managing cassandra, so I'm unaware whether it may be a usual case that some out of n nodes of my cluster may be down/unresponsive or out of cluster reach? (I, actually, considered this situation like exceptional circumstance not normal one !?)
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 2:34 AM, aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>wrote: > *1. *I am wandering *what is the minimum recommended cluster size to > start with*? > > IMHO 3 > http://thelastpickle.com/2011/06/13/Down-For-Me/ > > A > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > Freelance Developer > @aaronmorton > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 28/02/2012, at 8:17 AM, Ertio Lew wrote: > > Hi > > I'm creating an networking site using cassandra. I am wanting to host this > application but initially with the lowest possible resources & then slowly > increasing the resources as per the service's demand & need. > > *1. *I am wandering *what is the minimum recommended cluster size to > start with*? > Are there any issues if I start with as little as 2 nodes in the cluster? > In that case I guess would have replication factor of 2. > (this way I would require at min. 3 vps, 1 as web server & the 2 for > cassandra cluster, right?) > > *2.* Anyone using cassandra with such minimal resources in > production environments ? Any experiences or difficulties encountered ? > > *3.* In case, you would like to recommend some hosting service suitable > for me ? or if you would like to suggest some other ways to minimize the > resources (actually the hosting expenses). > > >
