Thanks Steven - I will take a look.
On 4 Mar 2013, at 11:41, Steven Siebert wrote: > Since your just starting out and it seems like you want to get past the admin > hurdles and start coding, may I suggest you use > https://github.com/pcmanus/ccm to get your local test environment setup. > > Setting up a production Cassandra cluster takes a fair amount of planning > (before) and tuning (during/after) in my experience. Both need to be done > once you decide Cassandra is "right" for your data....ccm is nice in that you > don't need to invest a lot in Cassandra to figure that out :-) > > Hope this helps, > > S > > On Mar 4, 2013 6:08 AM, "John Grogan" <vangu...@dir-uk.org> wrote: > Tyler, > > A quick question for you - I am completely new to noSQL databases and the > architecture of Cassandra. So, I'm still way down the learning curve. > > I downloaded and installed the OpsCenter last night, but I first need to > configure it. I want to install 2 nodes on my laptop and then start building > some code around it to move my DB from mySQL. I've had a look at the DataStax > website for some info on the very basics - setting up nodes, configuration > etc, but couldn't see anything. Is there anything there that you can point me > at? Or alternatively, any other sites that provide a good overview with > examples? > > I see that Jonathan Ellis is in London Wednesday at the Cassandra group's > talk so will try to drop by and say hello. > > Best, > John. > > > On 3 Mar 2013, at 17:06, Tyler Hobbs wrote: > >> >> On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:06 AM, John Grogan <vangu...@dir-uk.org> wrote: >> >> However, the crux is figuring out an easy way to import the data into >> Cassandra. Does anyone have any thoughts they can share? >> >> If you don't have a very large dataset and you're not pressed for time, just >> iterating over your existing data with a normal mysql client and inserting >> into Cassandra with a normal Cassandra client is the easiest option. Using >> multiple threads or processes can make this pretty quick. >> >> For larger datasets, loading through a map/reduce job is typical. >> >> In addition, are there any GUI tools like phpmyAdmin for Cassandra? >> >> There's DataStax OpsCenter, which has a free Community Edition: >> http://www.datastax.com/products/opscenter >> >> (Disclosure: I work at DataStax.) >> >> -- >> Tyler Hobbs >> DataStax >
