I've been noticing some strange casandra-stress results with 2.0.0 beta 1. I've set up a single node on a Mac (4 gig ram, 2.8Ghz core 2 duo) and installed 2.0.0 beta1.
When I run ./cassandra-stress -d 134.36.36.218 I'm seeing the interval-op-rate drop from a peek of 11562 at the start to 0 -20 after about 358 seconds. Here's the output: ./cassandra-stress -d 134.36.36.218 Created keyspaces. Sleeping 1s for propagation. total,interval_op_rate,interval_key_rate,latency,95th,99th,elapsed_time 13629,1362,1362,15.3,117.6,531.1,10 37545,2391,2391,9.4,74.0,438.4,20 105410,6786,6786,3.3,38.0,216.4,30 209014,10360,10360,2.7,26.2,216.5,41 320024,11101,11101,2.5,14.5,216.5,51 430216,11019,11019,2.4,10.5,215.4,61 531905,10168,10168,2.4,8.3,177.1,72 619672,8776,8776,2.4,6.2,145.8,82 653977,3430,3430,2.4,5.9,145.4,92 682648,2867,2867,2.4,6.1,145.4,102 692771,1012,1012,2.4,6.1,145.4,113 712163,1939,1939,2.4,6.0,4461.7,123 723761,1159,1159,2.4,6.0,4461.7,133 731115,735,735,2.4,6.1,4461.7,143 737627,651,651,2.4,6.2,4461.7,153 743853,622,622,2.4,7.0,5056.1,164 747345,349,349,2.4,7.0,5056.1,174 755501,815,815,2.5,6.9,6351.7,184 758692,319,319,2.5,6.9,5056.1,195 763960,526,526,2.5,7.3,5292.6,205 767966,400,400,2.5,7.4,5292.6,215 769514,154,154,2.5,7.4,5292.6,225 773492,397,397,2.5,7.2,6435.7,236 775374,188,188,2.5,7.4,5292.6,246 776035,66,66,2.6,7.5,5347.1,256 777896,186,186,2.6,7.9,6407.3,266 778791,89,89,2.6,8.0,6438.9,276 779646,85,85,2.6,8.0,6523.2,287 780785,113,113,2.6,11.1,6523.2,297 781336,55,55,2.6,11.7,6523.2,307 781684,34,34,2.6,13.3,16734.0,317 781818,13,13,2.7,13.9,16764.2,328 781952,13,13,2.7,13.9,16900.1,338 782195,24,24,2.7,15.3,16900.1,348 782294,9,9,2.7,15.3,16900.1,358 782362,6,6,2.7,15.5,21487.3,368 782589,22,22,2.7,20.1,21487.3,379 782775,18,18,2.7,28.8,21487.3,389 783012,23,23,2.8,29.4,21487.3,399 783248,23,23,2.8,68.2,21487.3,409 783270,2,2,2.8,68.2,21487.3,419 783283,1,1,2.8,68.2,21487.3,430 783283,0,0,2.8,68.2,21487.3,440 783337,5,5,2.8,198.6,42477.2,450 783492,15,15,2.9,5057.6,52687.3,460 783581,8,8,2.9,5349.0,59306.9,471 783807,22,22,3.0,6429.1,59306.9,481 783816,0,0,3.0,6438.3,59306.9,491 783945,12,12,3.2,11566.9,59306.9,501 783962,1,1,3.2,11612.0,59306.9,512 783962,0,0,3.2,11612.0,59306.9,522 I installed 1.2.6 for comparision and that gave expected results: ./cassandra-stress -d 134.36.36.218 Unable to create stress keyspace: Keyspace names must be case-insensitively unique ("Keyspace1" conflicts with "Keyspace1") total,interval_op_rate,interval_key_rate,latency/95th/99th,elapsed_time 22158,2215,2215,0.8,8.9,549.0,10 64192,4203,4203,1.0,7.0,486.2,20 114236,5004,5004,1.3,6.5,411.9,30 178407,6417,6417,1.4,5.5,411.9,40 281714,10330,10330,2.2,5.1,409.6,51 371684,8997,8997,2.4,5.1,407.5,61 464401,9271,9271,2.5,5.0,236.7,72 562797,9839,9839,2.6,5.2,87.5,82 655755,9295,9295,2.6,5.2,87.5,92 751560,9580,9580,2.6,4.7,179.9,103 848022,9646,9646,2.6,4.5,826.0,113 914539,6651,6651,2.6,4.7,823.2,123 1000000,8546,8546,2.6,5.1,1048.5,133 Any ideas whats causing the slow down ? Andy The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096