RE #2, some have had good results from having coordinator-only nodes: https://www.slideshare.net/DataStax/optimizing-your-cluster-with-coordinator-nodes-eric-lubow-simplereach-cassandra-summit-2016
Assuming finite resources, it might be better to be certain you have good token awareness in your application and use those extra nodes in the main cluster, however. On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 12:34 AM Rahul Singh <rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com> wrote: > See inline > > Rahul Singh > Chief Executive Officer > m 202.905.2818 <(202)%20905-2818> > > Anant Corporation > 1010 Wisconsin Ave NW, Suite 250 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1010+Wisconsin+Ave+NW,+Suite+250+%0D%0AWashington,+D.C.+20007&entry=gmail&source=g> > Washington, D.C. 20007 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=1010+Wisconsin+Ave+NW,+Suite+250+%0D%0AWashington,+D.C.+20007&entry=gmail&source=g> > > We build and manage digital business technology platforms. > On Dec 9, 2018, 2:02 PM -0500, Devaki, Srinivas <me@eightnoteight.space>, > wrote: > > Hi Guys, > > Have a couple of questions regarding the connections to cassandra, > > 1. What are the recommended number of connections per cassandra node? > > > Depends on hardware. > > 2. Is it a good idea to create coordinator nodes(with `num_token: 0`) and > whitelisting only those hosts from client side? so that I can isolate main > worker don't need to work on connection threads > > > Defeats the purpose of having a masterless system. > > 3. does the request time on client side include connect time? > > > Who is measuring? > > > 4. Is there any hard limit on number of connections that can be set on > cassandra? > > > > Read : > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33562374/cassandra-throttling-workload > > Thanks a lot for your help > >
