Hi, If the writes are coming from the same machine, you could potentially use request collapsing <https://github.com/Netflix/Hystrix/wiki/How-To-Use#request-collapsing> to avoid the duplicate writes.
Just an idea, Jens On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Andreas Finke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > we are currently writing the same column within a row multiple times (up > to 10 times a second). I am familiar with the concept of tombstones in > SSTables. My question is: I assume that in our case in most cases when a > column gets overwritten it still resides in the memtable. So I assume for > that particular case no tombstone is set but the column is replaced in > memory and then the 'newest' version is flushed to disk. > > Is this assumption correct? Or Is writing the same column an an > anti-pattern? > > I am thankful for any input. > > Regards > Andi > > -- Jens Rantil Backend engineer Tink AB Email: [email protected] Phone: +46 708 84 18 32 Web: www.tink.se Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/#!/tink.se> Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/company/2735919?trk=vsrp_companies_res_photo&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A1057023381369207406670%2CVSRPtargetId%3A2735919%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary> Twitter <https://twitter.com/tink>
