For the number of file the OP has why not just use a traditional filesystem and solr to index the pdf data. You get to search inside of the files for relevant information?
Sri On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:47 PM, buddhasystem <potek...@bnl.gov> wrote: > > Even when storage is in NFS, Cassandra can still be quite useful as a file > catalog. Your physical storage can change, move etc. Therefore, it's a good > idea to provide mapping of logical names to physical store points (which in > fact can be many). This is a standard technique used in mass storage. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Using-Cassandra-to-store-files-tp5988698p5993357.html > Sent from the cassandra-u...@incubator.apache.org mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. >