On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Aaron Turner <synfina...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Ian Danforth <idanfo...@numenta.com> > wrote: > > All, > > I find myself considering storing serialized python dicts in Cassandra. > I'd > > like to store fairly complex, nested dicts, and it's just easier to do > this > > rather than work out a lot of super columns / columns etc. > > Do others find themselves storing serialized data structures in > Cassandra > > or is this generally a sign of doing something wrong? > > Thanks in advance! > > Ian > > I just convert my ruby objects to json strings and store it that way. > Works just fine and there's no advantage to use SuperColumns since > Cassandra has to read all the supercolumns anyways, so storing as json > requires less overhead. > > > -- > Aaron Turner > http://synfin.net/ Twitter: @synfinatic > http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & > Windows > Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary > Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. > -- Benjamin Franklin > "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero" > For data accessed through a single path, I use the same trick: pickle, bz2 and insert. -- Alexis Lê-Quôc | Datadog, Inc. | @alq
