Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EA048DC1 for ; Sat, 3 Sep 2011 22:14:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 92168 invoked by uid 500); 3 Sep 2011 22:13:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 92144 invoked by uid 500); 3 Sep 2011 22:13:58 -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 92136 invoked by uid 99); 3 Sep 2011 22:13:57 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:13:57 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of jeremy.hanna1234@gmail.com designates 209.85.213.172 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.213.172] (HELO mail-yx0-f172.google.com) (209.85.213.172) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 22:13:52 +0000 Received: by yxj17 with SMTP id 17so2147740yxj.31 for ; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:13:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=NgL4NUiMFgQ4m2iFbPXNl6M5i+OuVA61L5YeKGPqTVI=; b=JbecRLwNjBfuX2R+v6LMIyiIHVS7OGJnOYxFdodlwkYAmsx6iaHprhbtr6F30J2Scz 1QhXDQUTh4Se8pnx6eKlBA2jg7dnJOxHx+hfaaVC1BhlsPcopuxEWhCdAfma+h7q7ps3 AHZM0BR8OzpEvxruUzfwY7xYTBuUtdVyLH2iQ= Received: by 10.236.189.104 with SMTP id b68mr12288447yhn.13.1315088010397; Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:13:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.69] (108-90-0-32.lightspeed.austtx.sbcglobal.net [108.90.0.32]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id a12sm2453173yhh.17.2011.09.03.15.13.28 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 03 Sep 2011 15:13:29 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Subject: Re: need help setting up production environment From: Jeremy Hanna In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011 17:13:27 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <5A3699EB-3DC9-42D7-885E-2D3695BD7501@gmail.com> References: To: user@cassandra.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) I would look at http://www.slideshare.net/mattdennis/cassandra-on-ec2 Also, people generally do raid0 on the ephemerals. EBS is a bad fit for cassandra - see the presentation above. However, = that means you'll need to have a backup strategy, which is also = mentioned in the presentation. Also are you using the ec2snitch or the property file snitch? On Sep 3, 2011, at 5:09 PM, Ben Ashton wrote: > I've been dropped in it a little and had to build a prod setup going = live on monday.=20 >=20 > At the moment I have setup three server in EC2 US, one each AZ=20 >=20 > the servers are setup as follows:-=20 >=20 > m1.xlarge using the Amazons AMI instance storage image, the ephemerals = 4 x 420 GB setup in raid10 and formatted with xfs mounted as /cassandra = with all the cassandra data in /cassandra=20 >=20 > I've got the ring setup with 33% on each server.=20 >=20 > I imagine I'd need to setup some EBS cassandra servers and insert them = in the ring, so I have a persistence, would m.large be OK for this?=20 >=20 > I've been reading http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ and = http://www.datastax.com/docs/0.8/index but can anyone recommend a book I = can buy this weekend or another web source for best practice?=20 >=20 > What are the best ways to stress test? stress.java?