Maybe slightly off-topic, but what is a mutation? Is it equivalent to a CQL row? Or maybe a column in a row? Does include tombstones within the selected range?
Thanks, Jens On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Ryan Svihla <rsvi...@datastax.com> wrote: > Nothing magic, just put in there based on experience. You can find the > story behind the original recommendation here > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-6487 > Key reasoning for the desire comes from Patrick McFadden: > "Yes that was in bytes. Just in my own experience, I don't recommend more > than ~100 mutations per batch. Doing some quick math I came up with 5k as > 100 x 50 byte mutations. > Totally up for debate." > It's totally changeable, however, it's there in no small part because so > many people confuse the BATCH keyword as a performance optimization, this > helps flag those cases of misuse. > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Mohammed Guller <moham...@glassbeam.com> > wrote: >> >> Hi – >> >> The cassandra.yaml file has property called *batch_size_warn_threshold_in_kb. >> * >> >> The default size is 5kb and according to the comments in the yaml file, it >> is used to log WARN on any batch size exceeding this value in kilobytes. It >> says caution should be taken on increasing the size of this threshold as it >> can lead to node instability. >> >> >> >> Does anybody know the significance of this magic number 5kb? Why would a >> higher number (say 10kb) lead to node instability? >> >> >> >> Mohammed >> > -- > [image: datastax_logo.png] <http://www.datastax.com/> > Ryan Svihla > Solution Architect > [image: twitter.png] <https://twitter.com/foundev> [image: linkedin.png] > <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ryan-svihla/12/621/727/> > DataStax is the fastest, most scalable distributed database technology, > delivering Apache Cassandra to the world’s most innovative enterprises. > Datastax is built to be agile, always-on, and predictably scalable to any > size. With more than 500 customers in 45 countries, DataStax is the > database technology and transactional backbone of choice for the worlds > most innovative companies such as Netflix, Adobe, Intuit, and eBay.