Thanks Aaron! Does DSC include other things like Opscenter by default ? I installed DSC on linux, but Opscenter wasn't installed there but when tried on Windows it was installed along with JRE & python, using the windows installer.
Would it be possible to remove any of these installations but keeping the data intact & easily switch to the another, I mean switching from DSC package to apache one or vice versa ? On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Aaron Morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com>wrote: > I am not sure if I should use datastax's DSC or official Debian packages > from Cassandra. How do I choose between them for a production server ? > > They are technically the same. > The DSC update will come out a little after the Apache release, and I > _think_ they release for every Apache release. > > 1. when I upgrade to a newer version, would that retain my previous > configurations so that I don't need to configure everything again ? > > Yes if you select that when doing the package install. > > 2. would that smoothly replace the previous installation by itself ? >> > >> Yes >> > > 3. what's the way (kindly, if you can tell the command) to upgrade ? >> > >> > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/webhelp/index.html#upgrade/upgradeC_c.html#concept_ds_yqj_5xr_ck > > 4. when should I prefer datastax's dsc to that ? (I need to install for >> production env.) >> > Above > > Hope that helps. > > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > New Zealand > @aaronmorton > > Co-Founder & Principal Consultant > Apache Cassandra Consulting > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 27/09/2013, at 11:01 PM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am not sure if I should use datastax's DSC or official Debian packages > from Cassandra. How do I choose between them for a production server ? > > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Could you please clarify that: >> 1. when I upgrade to a newer version, would that retain my previous >> configurations so that I don't need to configure everything again ? >> 2. would that smoothly replace the previous installation by itself ? >> 3. what's the way (kindly, if you can tell the command) to upgrade ? >> 4. when should I prefer datastax's dsc to that ? (I need to install for >> production env.) >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com>wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> How do you install Cassandra on Ubuntu & later how do you upgrade the >>>> installation on the node when an update has arrived ? Do you simply >>>> download & replace the latest tar.gz, untar it to replace the older >>>> cassandra files? How do you do it ? How does this upgrade process differ >>>> for a major version upgrade, like say switching from 1.2 series to 2.0 >>>> series ? >>>> >>> >>> Use the deb packages. To upgrade, install the new package. Only upgrade >>> a single major version. and be sure to consult NEWS.txt for any upgrade >>> caveats. >>> >>> Also be aware of this sub-optimal behavior of the debian packages : >>> >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2356 >>> >>> =Rob >>> >>> >> > >
