I am not sure if I should use datastax's DSC or official Debian packages from Cassandra. How do I choose between them for a production server ?
On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Could you please clarify that: > 1. when I upgrade to a newer version, would that retain my previous > configurations so that I don't need to configure everything again ? > 2. would that smoothly replace the previous installation by itself ? > 3. what's the way (kindly, if you can tell the command) to upgrade ? > 4. when should I prefer datastax's dsc to that ? (I need to install for > production env.) > > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:50 AM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com>wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How do you install Cassandra on Ubuntu & later how do you upgrade the >>> installation on the node when an update has arrived ? Do you simply >>> download & replace the latest tar.gz, untar it to replace the older >>> cassandra files? How do you do it ? How does this upgrade process differ >>> for a major version upgrade, like say switching from 1.2 series to 2.0 >>> series ? >>> >> >> Use the deb packages. To upgrade, install the new package. Only upgrade a >> single major version. and be sure to consult NEWS.txt for any upgrade >> caveats. >> >> Also be aware of this sub-optimal behavior of the debian packages : >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2356 >> >> =Rob >> >> >
