On disk layout is described here, not sure how correct it is now days.
http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ArchitectureSSTable
There are multiple files involved, this will give you an idea of the read and write path
http://thelastpickle.com/2011/04/28/Forces-of-Write-and-Read/
Hope that helps.
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On 28/02/2012, at 8:07 PM, Franc Carter wrote:
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> Hi,
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> does anyone know of a picture/image that shows the layout of keys/columns/values in an
sstable - I haven't been able to find one and am having a hard time visualising the layout
from various descriptions and various overviews
>
> thanks
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