"Is there a recommended way to perform lots of INSERT operations in a row when using the DataStax Java driver?" --> Yes, use UNLOGGED batches. More info here: http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cql/3.0/webhelp/index.html#cql/cql_reference/batch_r.html
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Clint Kelly <clint.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Folks, > > Is there a recommended way to perform lots of INSERT operations in a > row when using the DataStax Java driver? > > I notice that the RecordWriter for the CQL3 Hadoop implementation in > Cassandra does some per-data-node buffering of CQL3 queries. The > DataStax Java driver, on the other hand, supports asynchronous query > execution. > > In a situation in which we are doing lots of and lots of writes (like > a RecordWriter for Hadoop), do we need to do any buffering or can we > just fire away session.executeAsync(...) calls as soon as they are > ready? > > Thanks! > > Best regards, > Clint >