Is there alternative file systems running on top of cassandra?
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:44 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Goktug YILDIRIM > <goktug.yildi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am sorry if this a very well know topic and I missed that. I wonder > why one must use CFS. What is unavailable in Cassandra without CFS? > > > The SOLR stuff (also only-in-DSE) uses CFS for Hadoop-like storage. > This is so you can use full SOLR support with DSE Cassandra without > needing Hadoop. > > http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/cassandra-file-system-design > " > The Cassandra File System (CFS) is an HDFS compatible filesystem built > to replace the traditional Hadoop NameNode, Secondary NameNode and > DataNode daemons. It is the foundation of our Hadoop support in > DataStax Enterprise. > > The main design goals for the Cassandra File System were to first, > simplify the operational overhead of Hadoop by removing the single > points of failure in the Hadoop NameNode. Second, to offer easy Hadoop > integration for Cassandra users (one distributed system is enough) > " > > =Rob >
