The intent was to have a lighter solution for common problems then having to go with Hadoop or streaming large quantities of data back to the client. Is this feature creep? Yeah, prolly. Is it useful? Yes. If it can't be done well, then it probably shouldn't be done, but it never hurts to ask. :)
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Sarah Baker <sba...@mspot.com> wrote: > Isn't this sort of heading on the slippery slope of things that weigh you > down? > It was my understanding that Cassandra was "stick to your core competency" > sort of database > that really wanted to leave such utilities external. At its core was "get > and put". > Did I miss something in my reading of intent? > -Sarah > > -----Original Message----- > From: Aaron Turner [mailto:synfina...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 8:25 AM > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > Subject: Re: Second Cassandra users survey > > 1. Basic SQL-like summary transforms for both CQL and Thrift API clients like: > > SUM > AVG > MIN > MAX > > > -- Aaron Turner http://synfin.net/ Twitter: @synfinatic http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & Windows Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero"
