> Does DSC include other things like Opscenter by default ? Not sure, I've normally installed it with an existing cluster.
> Would it be possible to remove any of these installations but keeping the > data intact & easily switch to the another, I mean switching from DSC package > to apache one or vice versa ? Yes. Same code, same data. A ----------------- Aaron Morton New Zealand @aaronmorton Co-Founder & Principal Consultant Apache Cassandra Consulting http://www.thelastpickle.com On 30/09/2013, at 9:58 PM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Aaron! > > Does DSC include other things like Opscenter by default ? I installed DSC on > linux, but Opscenter wasn't installed there but when tried on Windows it was > installed along with JRE & python, using the windows installer. > > Would it be possible to remove any of these installations but keeping the > data intact & easily switch to the another, I mean switching from DSC package > to apache one or vice versa ? > > > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Aaron Morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> wrote: >> 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 ? > They are technically the same. > The DSC update will come out a little after the Apache release, and I _think_ > they release for every Apache release. > >> 1. when I upgrade to a newer version, would that retain my previous >> configurations so that I don't need to configure everything again ? > > Yes if you select that when doing the package install. > >> 2. would that smoothly replace the previous installation by itself ? > > > Yes > >> 3. what's the way (kindly, if you can tell the command) to upgrade ? > > > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/webhelp/index.html#upgrade/upgradeC_c.html#concept_ds_yqj_5xr_ck > >> 4. when should I prefer datastax's dsc to that ? (I need to install for >> production env.) > > Above > > Hope that helps. > > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > New Zealand > @aaronmorton > > Co-Founder & Principal Consultant > Apache Cassandra Consulting > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 27/09/2013, at 11:01 PM, Ertio Lew <ertio...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >> >> >> > >
