On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Peter Minearo <peter.mine...@reardencommerce.com> wrote: > First let me premise, I am new to Cassandra. I just got it installed and > was able to add data, connect to Cassandra via Thrift and retrieve the > data. Since, Thrift uses RPC, I was wondering if Cassandra uses Thrift on > the server side to handle the requests from the clients?
Yes. Thrift is a protocol, so if the client speaks it, the server must do so also. Otherwise how would they talk? Perhaps I don't understand your question. > .... I know Thrift is > used on the client side, but what about the server side? If this is true; > is there a reason for it? Was a REST API with a JSON payload tried? Are > there any plans to create a REST API for Cassandra? Here is some discussion about that: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cassandra-user/201006.mbox/%3c1276895545.3832.78.ca...@erebus.lan%3e Follow the thread links to learn more about AVRO, which will replace Thrift in Cassandra. Paul Prescod
