SS Table File Names not containing GUIDs

Hello, I am wondering if there is any reason as to why the SS Table format doesn't have a GUID. As far as I can tell, the incrementing number isn't really used for any special purpose in code, and having a unique name for the file seems to be a better thing, in general. Specifically, this caus

In memory code and query executions

Hi all, Is it possible to execute queries towards an embedded cassandra db whyle bypassing completely the TCP (or IPC) protocol stack? Apparantly the embedded cassandra is by default accessed using localhost as hostname which will result in an IPC optimized connection I assume. Is there a way to f