Re: Column family ID mismatch-Error on concurrent schema modifications

2014-11-30 Thread Jens-U. Mozdzen
Hi Eric, Zitat von Eric Stevens migh...@gmail.com: @Jens, will inactive CFs be released from C*'s memory after i.e. a few days or when under resource pressure? No, certain memory structures are allocated and will remain resident on each node for as long as the table exists. That's good to

Performance Difference between Batch Insert and Bulk Load

2014-11-30 Thread Dong Dai
Hi, all, I have a performance question about the batch insert and bulk load. According to the documents, to import large volume of data into Cassandra, Batch Insert and Bulk Load can both be an option. Using batch insert is pretty straightforwards, but there have not been an ‘official’ way

does safe cassandra shutdown require disable binary?

2014-11-30 Thread Kevin Burton
I’m trying to figure out a safe way to do a rolling restart. http://devblog.michalski.im/2012/11/25/safe-cassandra-shutdown-and-restart/ It has the following command which make sense: root@cssa01:~# nodetool -h cssa01.michalski.im disablegossiproot@cssa01:~# nodetool -h cssa01.michalski.im

Cassandra add a node and remove a node

2014-11-30 Thread Neha Trivedi
Hi, I need to Add new Node and remove existing node. Should I first remove the node and then add a new node or Add new node and then remove existing node. Which practice is better and things I need to take care? regards Neha

Re: Cassandra add a node and remove a node

2014-11-30 Thread Jens Rantil
Hi Neha, Generally best practice is to add the new node before removing the old one. This is especially important if the cluster’s resources (such as available disk space) are low. Also, adding a node usually asserts that the node is functioning correctly (check logs) before decommisioning