Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 14621 invoked from network); 26 Feb 2011 00:02:14 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 26 Feb 2011 00:02:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 48266 invoked by uid 500); 26 Feb 2011 00:02:12 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 47779 invoked by uid 500); 26 Feb 2011 00:02:11 -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 47336 invoked by uid 99); 26 Feb 2011 00:02:11 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:02:11 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of rcoli@digg.com designates 209.85.214.172 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.214.172] (HELO mail-iw0-f172.google.com) (209.85.214.172) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:02:03 +0000 Received: by iwl42 with SMTP id 42so1717049iwl.31 for ; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:01:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.149.202 with SMTP id x10mr1467504icv.406.1298678502167; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:01:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.192.80 with HTTP; Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:01:42 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:01:42 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 2x storage From: Robert Coli To: user@cassandra.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 2:41 PM, A J wrote: > Can the minor compactions across nodes be staggered so that I can > control how many nodes are compacting at any given point ? Not without some crazy scheme where you control the compaction thresholds dynamically via some external mechanism. You probably don't actually want to do that? You generally want a system which can tolerate minor compaction.. =Rob