We have been using cassandra and java7 for months. No problems. A key concept of java is portable binaries. There are sometimes wrinkles with upgrades. If you hit one undo the upgrade and restart.
On Tuesday, October 23, 2012, Eric Evans <eev...@acunu.com> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 7:54 PM, Rob Coli <rc...@palominodb.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Edward Sargisson >> <edward.sargis...@globalrelay.net> wrote: >>> The Datastax documentation says that Java 7 is not recommended[1]. However, >>> Java 6 is due to EOL in Feb 2013 so what is the reasoning behind that >>> comment? >> >> I've asked this approximate question here a few times, with no >> official response. The reason I ask is that in addition to Java 7 not >> being recommended, in Java 7 OpenJDK becomes the "reference" JVM, and >> OpenJDK is also not recommended. >> >> From other channels, I have conjectured that the current advice on >> Java 7 is "it 'works' but is not as extensively tested (and definitely >> not as commonly deployed) as Java 6". > > That sounds about right. The best way to change the status quo would > be to use Java 7, report any bugs you find, and share your > experiences. > > -- > Eric Evans > Acunu | http://www.acunu.com | @acunu >
