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Brandon Williams commented on CASSANDRA-4038:
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It doesn't, really. Instead of using a fixed sample size we use a
statistically accurate continuous sample. The math using the value is the same.
> Investigate improving the dynamic snitch with reservoir sampling
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> Key: CASSANDRA-4038
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-4038
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Core
> Reporter: Brandon Williams
> Assignee: Pavel Yaskevich
> Fix For: 1.2
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> Attachments: CASSANDRA-4038.patch
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> Dsnitch's UPDATES_PER_INTERVAL and WINDOW_SIZE are chosen somewhat
> arbitrarily. A better fit may be something similar to Metric's
> ExponentiallyDecayingSample, where more recent information is weighted
> heavier than past information, and reservoir sampling would also be an
> efficient way of keeping a statistically significant sample rather than
> refusing updates after UPDATES_PER_INTERVAL and only keeping WINDOW_SIZE
> amount.
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