On disk layout is described here, not sure how correct it is now days. http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ArchitectureSSTable
There are multiple files involved, this will give you an idea of the read and write path http://thelastpickle.com/2011/04/28/Forces-of-Write-and-Read/ Hope that helps. ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 28/02/2012, at 8:07 PM, Franc Carter wrote: > > Hi, > > does anyone know of a picture/image that shows the layout of > keys/columns/values in an sstable - I haven't been able to find one and am > having a hard time visualising the layout from various descriptions and > various overviews > > thanks > > -- > Franc Carter | Systems architect | Sirca Ltd > franc.car...@sirca.org.au | www.sirca.org.au > Tel: +61 2 9236 9118 > Level 9, 80 Clarence St, Sydney NSW 2000 > PO Box H58, Australia Square, Sydney NSW 1215 >
