Can you post the details of the queries you are running, including the methodology of the tests ?
(Here is the methodology I used to time queries previously http://thelastpickle.com/2011/07/04/Cassandra-Query-Plans/) Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 31/03/2012, at 1:29 AM, Alexandru Sicoe wrote: > Hi guys, > I am consistently seeing a 20% improvement in query retrieval times if I use > the composite comparator "Timestamp:ID" instead of "ID:Timestamp" where > Timestamp=Long and ID=~100 character strings. I am retrieving all columns > (~1 million) from a single row. Why is this happening? > > Cheers, > Alex
