http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/whats-new-in-cassandra-1-0-improved-memory-and-disk-space-management
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Xaero S <xaeros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I recently started using Cassandra 1.0.4 and observed that it takes a lot > longer to flush the commit logs to SSTables, than was observed in versions > 0.7.X and 0.8.X under constant load conditions with commitlog_sync as > periodic and commitlog_sync_period_in_ms as 10000. As more data gets > retained in commit logs, if a node goes down, it will take longer for > commitlog replay. I am wondering about the configuration options in 1.0 that > are related to commit log and memtable flushing. What are the settings that > help flush memtables more frequently or less frequently under constant load > conditions? > > Would appreciate any help on this subject. > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of DataStax, the source for professional Cassandra support http://www.datastax.com