OpenJDK will crash under load whilst running Cassandra. -- Colin +1 320 221 9531
> On Mar 28, 2014, at 4:11 PM, Jon Forrest <jon.forr...@xoom.com> wrote: > > In a previous message I described my guess at > what was causing the Datastax Cassandra installation > to require OpenJDK. Using the method I describe below, > I'm now able to install the Datastax Cassandra rpm. > Note that I have no idea (yet) whether Cassandra actually > runs, but at least it installs. > > There's a wonderful opensource program out there called > rpmrebuild. It lets you examine and modify the metadata > in an rpm, including the dependencies. So, I ran > > rpmrebuild -e -p cassandra12-1.2.15-1.noarch.rpm > > This puts me in an editor with the spec file loaded. > I searched for 'java' and found the line > > Requires: java >= 1.6.0 > > I changed this line to > > Requires: jdk >= 1.6.0 > > I wrote out the file and exited the editor. This created > /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/noarch/cassandra12-1.2.15-1.noarch.rpm > which I put in a local yum repo. I was then able to install > this using yum and I was able to start Cassandra. Problem solved! > > Now I'm on to test whether this installation really works. > > Jon Forrest > > > > The information transmitted in this email is intended only for the person or > entity to which it is addressed, and may contain material confidential to > Xoom Corporation, and/or its subsidiary, buyindiaonline.com Inc. Any review, > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in > reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the > intended recipient(s) is prohibited. If you received this email in error, > please contact the sender and delete the material from your files.
