Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 23358 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2010 13:52:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 24 Sep 2010 13:52:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 35888 invoked by uid 500); 24 Sep 2010 13:52:28 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 35642 invoked by uid 500); 24 Sep 2010 13:52:24 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@cassandra.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@cassandra.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 35631 invoked by uid 99); 24 Sep 2010 13:52:23 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:52:23 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of sabco@live.co.uk designates 65.55.90.177 as permitted sender) Received: from [65.55.90.177] (HELO snt0-omc3-s38.snt0.hotmail.com) (65.55.90.177) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:52:14 +0000 Received: from SNT133-DS4 ([65.55.90.136]) by snt0-omc3-s38.snt0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:51:54 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [193.60.59.146] X-Originating-Email: [sabco@live.co.uk] Message-ID: From: "Courtney Robinson" To: "Apache Cassandra User list" Subject: Cassandra for graph data structure Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:51:58 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0051_01CB5BF8.09FE9F50" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8089.726 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8089.726 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Sep 2010 13:51:54.0135 (UTC) FILETIME=[A5741270:01CB5BEF] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01CB5BF8.09FE9F50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ?Apoligies for the first e-mail with the misleading subject i was = reading a thread and mistakenly replied=20 I've been using Cassandra for a while now and no problems. I have a new=20 project coming up now that we're penciling out the data structure for. The best we've come up with has turned into a graph structure i'm just=20 wanting to know what people think because i know there are graph db's out there like neo4j etc. My idea however was to fork hector, remove all the stuff i don't need = and=20 turn it into a graph API sitting on top of Cassandra. Main reason for this approach is because i am already very familiar with = Cassandra and it will be fast to write a client or modify an existing one than to learn a new API. Do you think there are any gotchas in this approach? Any tips, pointers? = ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01CB5BF8.09FE9F50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Apoligies for the first e-mail with the = misleading=20 subject i was reading a thread and mistakenly replied
I've been using = Cassandra=20 for a while now and no problems. I have a new
project coming up now = that=20 we're penciling out the data structure for.

The best we've come = up with=20 has turned into a graph structure i'm just
wanting to know what = people think=20 because i
know there are graph db's out there like neo4j etc.
My = idea=20 however was to fork hector, remove all the stuff i don't need and =
turn it=20 into a graph API sitting on top of Cassandra.
Main reason for this = approach=20 is because i am already very familiar with
Cassandra and it will be = fast to=20 write a client or modify an existing
one than to learn a new = API.

Do=20 you think there are any gotchas in this approach? Any tips, pointers?=20
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