On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Mark Robson <mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Range queries I think make them less useful,
Not to my knowledge. > but only work if you're using > OrderPreservingPartitioner. The OPP comes with its own caveats - your nodes > are likely to become badly unbalanced, particularly if you use time-based > keys. I am aware of the need for careful token selection and cluster management. You can mitigate much of the problem using randomized keys, in effect emulating RP. My question stands. b