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The "StorageConfiguration" page has been changed by JonHermes. http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/StorageConfiguration?action=diff&rev1=46&rev2=47 -------------------------------------------------- The name of this cluster. This is mainly used to prevent machines in one logical cluster from joining another. - * '''commitlog_directory and data_file_directories''' + * '''commitlog_directory''' and '''data_file_directories''' and '''saved_caches_directory''' - Be sure to seperate your commitlog and data disks, as commitlog performance is reliant on its append-only nature, and seeking to random data at the same time will damage write speed. + Be sure to seperate your commitlog and data disks, as commitlog performance is reliant on its append-only nature, and seeking to random data at the same time will damage write speed. The saved caches directory holds the saved caches of the column families. See '''key/row_cache_save_period_in_seconds''' for elucidation. - Defaults are: '/var/lib/cassandra/commitlog' and '/var/lib/cassandra/data'. + Defaults are: '/var/lib/cassandra/commitlog', '/var/lib/cassandra/data', and '/var/lib/cassandra/saved_caches' respectively. * '''concurrent_reads''' and '''concurrent_writes''', '''commitlog_sync''' and '''commitlog_sync_period_in_ms''' @@ -172, +172 @@ Defaults are: '200000' keys cached, and '0', disabled row cache. + * '''key_cache_save_period_in_seconds''' and '''row_cache_save_period_in_seconds''' + + Determines how often Cassandra saves the cache to the '''saved_caches_directory'''. Saved caches greatly improve cold-start speeds, and is relatively cheap in terms of I/O. + + Defaults are: '3600' seconds (1 hour) between saves of the key cache, and '0' (disabled) row cache saving. + * '''min_compaction_threshold''' and '''max_compaction_threshold''' Previously in the CompactionManager, these values tune the size and frequency of minor compactions. The min and max boundaries are the number of tables to attempt to merge together at once. Raising the minimum will make minor compactions take more memory and run less often, lowering the maximum will have the opposite effect.
