The CQL docs recommend not using it - I didn't just make that up. :) COMPACT STORAGE imposes the limit that you can't add columns to your tables. For those of us that are heavy CQL users, this limitation is a total deal breaker.
On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Jonathan Haddad <j...@jonhaddad.com>wrote: > >> It's advised you do not use compact storage, as it's primarily for >> backwards compatibility. >> > > Many Apache Cassandra experts do not advise against using COMPACT STORAGE. > [1] Use CQL3 non-COMPACT STORAGE if you want to, but there are also valid > reasons to not use it. Asserting that there is some good reason you should > not use COMPACT STORAGE (other than range ghosts?) seems inaccurate. :) > > =Rob > [1] > http://www.edwardcapriolo.com/roller/edwardcapriolo/entry/legacy_tables > -- Jon Haddad http://www.rustyrazorblade.com skype: rustyrazorblade
