Thank you for the reply, although I didn't quite understand you. All I got was that Index data is stored in some kind of external data structure.
Alexander > > On Feb 8, 2011, at 21:23, Aaron Morton wrote: > >>>> 1) Is data stored in some external data structure, or is it stored in >>>> an >>>> actual Cassandra table, as columns within column families? > > Yes. Own files next to the CF files and own node IndexColumnFamilies in > JMX. > > And they are built asynchronously. > >