I request 1-2 TB of disk per node, depending on how large the data is estimated to be (for larger data, 2 TB). I have some dense nodes (4+ TB of disk available). They are harder to manage for repairs, bootstrapping, compaction, etc. because it takes so long to stream the data, etc. For the actual application, I have not seen a great impact based on the size of disk available.
Sean Durity From: daemeon reiydelle [mailto:daeme...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 10:56 PM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: Current data density limits with Open Source Cassandra your MMV. Think of that storage limit as fairly reasonable for active data likely to tombstone. Add more for older/historic data. Then think about time to recover a node. ....... Daemeon C.M. Reiydelle USA (+1) 415.501.0198 London (+44) (0) 20 8144 9872 On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:14 PM, Ben Slater <ben.sla...@instaclustr.com<mailto:ben.sla...@instaclustr.com>> wrote: The major issue we’ve seen with very high density (we generally say <2TB node is best) is manageability - if you need to replace a node or add node then restreaming data takes a *long* time and there we fairly high chance of a glitch in the universe meaning you have to start again before it’s done. Also, if you’re uses STCS you can end up with gigantic compactions which also take a long time and can cause issues. Heap limitations are mainly related to partition size rather than node density in my experience. Cheers Ben On Thu, 9 Feb 2017 at 08:20 Hannu Kröger <hkro...@gmail.com<mailto:hkro...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello, Back in the day it was recommended that max disk density per node for Cassandra 1.2 was at around 3-5TB of uncompressed data. IIRC it was mostly because of heap memory limitations? Now that off-heap support is there for certain data and 3.x has different data storage format, is that 3-5TB still a valid limit? Does anyone have experience on running Cassandra with 3-5TB compressed data ? Cheers, Hannu -- ———————— Ben Slater Chief Product Officer Instaclustr: Cassandra + Spark - Managed | Consulting | Support +61 437 929 798<tel:+61%20437%20929%20798> ________________________________ The information in this Internet Email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this Email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this Email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in any applicable governing The Home Depot terms of business or client engagement letter. The Home Depot disclaims all responsibility and liability for the accuracy and content of this attachment and for any damages or losses arising from any inaccuracies, errors, viruses, e.g., worms, trojan horses, etc., or other items of a destructive nature, which may be contained in this attachment and shall not be liable for direct, indirect, consequential or special damages in connection with this e-mail message or its attachment. ________________________________ The information in this Internet Email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this Email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this Email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in any applicable governing The Home Depot terms of business or client engagement letter. The Home Depot disclaims all responsibility and liability for the accuracy and content of this attachment and for any damages or losses arising from any inaccuracies, errors, viruses, e.g., worms, trojan horses, etc., or other items of a destructive nature, which may be contained in this attachment and shall not be liable for direct, indirect, consequential or special damages in connection with this e-mail message or its attachment.