I have a column family for my main data, and I have been using an additional column family to store indexes to the data: row per index style.
I now want to be able to update a set of indexes by the field being indexed on. To access that set, I can maintain meta indexes for each field, or I can switch from RP to OPP and do range queries on field-prefixed index names. Both options seem less than ideal. The first is annoying extra maintenance, and the second means I may open a can of worms with load-balancing. I concluded another option might be better with neither of those drawbacks. I can just create a ColumnFamily per field being indexed. I can now easily access and update the indexes for a particular field. I'm wondering if anyone has also contemplated this Column-Family-per-Index-Field option or is using it, and has any thoughts or critique regarding it. Ron
