Re: Cassandra for graph data structure

2010-09-26 Thread Courtney Robinson
ctor as a layer. -- From: "Ran Tavory" Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 1:41 PM To: Subject: Re: Cassandra for graph data structure Courtney this certainly sounds interesting and as Nate suggested we're always looking for valuable contribu

Re: Cassandra for graph data structure

2010-09-25 Thread Ran Tavory
of the > setbacks i'd run into using neo4j, not to mention having to learn it... > > ------ > From: "Nate McCall" > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:14 PM > To: > Subject: Re: Cassandra for graph data structure > > &

Re: Cassandra for graph data structure

2010-09-24 Thread Courtney Robinson
d pay for reads offsets a lot of the setbacks i'd run into using neo4j, not to mention having to learn it... -- From: "Nate McCall" Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:14 PM To: Subject: Re: Cassandra for graph data structure My ide

Re: Cassandra for graph data structure

2010-09-24 Thread Nate McCall
> My idea however was to fork hector, remove all the stuff i don't need and > turn it into a graph API sitting on top of Cassandra. We are always looking for ideas and design feedback regarding Hector. Please feel free to make suggestions or fork and send pull requests. http://groups.google.com/gr

Re: Cassandra for graph data structure

2010-09-24 Thread Lucas Nodine
Just a tip for evaluation. Reads using Cassandra are expensive. Each link in the graph would probably require a read transaction. I have never used a graph db, but I would expect their API will be much more efficient for your needs. Just something to consider before deciding. Good luck! - Luc