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 B06D11090E for ; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 22:41:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 76177 invoked by uid 500); 6 Aug 2013 22:41:12 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 76116 invoked by uid 500); 6 Aug 2013 22:41:12 -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 76107 invoked by uid 99); 6 Aug 2013 22:41:12 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:41:12 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: error (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.212.52] (HELO mail-vb0-f52.google.com) (209.85.212.52) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 22:41:06 +0000 Received: by mail-vb0-f52.google.com with SMTP id f12so1090866vbg.25 for ; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:40:25 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=xsy1ilyv1kKI79I7xwIiqgJIjfN1qLuvBBpWbtvhzeg=; b=DCxEsLMBSgVOk0OwPo6Nt/0+FU+A658YQo9fknw6U+qEyWNopORUei5EhK7RGmFIRE iFLu9tnrGnTXeBRUYl7goKWceJp4OSVe1ZSBjRO2mvkSHZk+RmyyQKo3JpXsR1TFThp/ dFxn+QtPOEzCAYIMJnRZilaI4nLpHh54m/TXfRrzqb7SbAUveWsoYhgsCuL0GiCAMq+t TxSapZGPRjCE2ddYiLEye+KexoktLmy9UzpWv+Tw5R9xRuGGOH4vLX74mGlPGryEYxpL j9N6U69jgS3k7o3HiqK8dgGjSJ74dKOzXAYql4/jP2UKkeWCk+98Y6x/wQJ+YFQu57Eh wUBg== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkcgsV8VN7QoMqmUrWU4qAuftaIlDnlnlFNLVAfg9PYbcGEewn2rwTgMkODJUjhFK7PAMqp MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.187.4 with SMTP id fo4mr117005vec.55.1375828824836; Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:40:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.37.232 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Aug 2013 15:40:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <11979688-841C-4313-969C-3B0E30864A45@humbaba.net> <51FE513D.1010600@filez.com> Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 16:40:24 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Which of these VPS configurations would perform better for Cassandra ? From: David Ward To: user@cassandra.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5db9f4605ab204e34f1cf9 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --047d7b5db9f4605ab204e34f1cf9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 3 node EC2 m1.xlarge is ~ $1000/k month + any incidental costs ( s3 backups, transfer out of the AZ ), etc ) or ~$300/month after a ~$1400 upfront 1 year reservation fee. There are some uncomfortable spots when compaction kicks on concurrently for several large CF's but otherwise its been performant and so far stable using ephemeral raid0 ala ( Datastax's 2.4 AMI ). On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:15 PM, S Ahmed wrote: > From what I understood "tons" of people are running things on ec2, but it > could be the instance size is pretty large that it compares to a dedicated > server (especially if you go with SSD, it is like 1K/month!) > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:54 AM, Aaron Morton wrote: > >> how many nodes to start with(2 ok?) ? >> >> I'd recommend 3, that will give you some redundancy see >> http://thelastpickle.com/2011/06/13/Down-For-Me/ >> >> Cheers >> >> ----------------- >> Aaron Morton >> Cassandra Consultant >> New Zealand >> >> @aaronmorton >> http://www.thelastpickle.com >> >> On 5/08/2013, at 1:41 AM, Rajkumar Gupta wrote: >> >> okay, so what should a workable VPS configuration to start with & minimum >> how many nodes to start with(2 ok?) ? Seriously I cannot afford the >> tensions of colocation setup. My hosting provider provides SSD drives with >> KVM virtualization. >> >> >> > --047d7b5db9f4605ab204e34f1cf9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 3 node EC2 m1.xlarge is ~ $1000/k month + any incidental costs ( s3 backups= , transfer out of the AZ ), etc ) or ~$300/month after a ~$1400 upfront 1 y= ear reservation fee.

There are some uncomfortable spots = when compaction kicks on concurrently for several large CF's but otherw= ise its been performant and so far stable using ephemeral raid0 ala ( Datas= tax's 2.4 AMI ).


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 2:15 PM, S A= hmed <sahmed1020@gmail.com> wrote:
From what I understood "tons" of people are runn= ing things on ec2, but it could be the instance size is pretty large that i= t compares to a dedicated server (especially if you go with SSD, it is like= 1K/month!)


On Tue, Aug 6= , 2013 at 3:54 AM, Aaron Morton <aaron@thelastpickle.com> wrote:
how many= nodes to start with(2 ok?) ?
I'd recommend 3, that will give you some redun= dancy see=A0http://thelastpickle.com/2011/06/13/Down-For-Me/
Cheers

-----------------
Aaron Morton
Cassandra Cons= ultant
New Zealand

@aaronmorton
http://www.the= lastpickle.com

On 5/08/2013, at 1:41 AM, Rajkumar Gupta <rajkumar.w93@gmail.com> = wrote:

okay, so what should a workable VPS configuration to start with & minim= um how many nodes to start with(2 ok?) ? =A0Seriously I cannot afford the t= ensions of colocation setup. =A0My hosting provider provides SSD drives wit= h KVM virtualization.



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