You answered my questions on that. Thanks!!
-----Original Message----- From: pres...@gmail.com [mailto:pres...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Paul Prescod Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 1:37 PM To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: Cassandra and Thrift on the Server Side 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
