you can specify multiple data directories in cassandra.yaml. ex: data_file_directories: - /var/lib.cass1 - /var/lib/cass2 -/<some_other_mountpoint>
On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Jan Kesten <j.kes...@enercast.de> wrote: > Hi Hari, > > C* will use your entire space - that is something one should monitor. > Depending on your choose on compaction strategy your data_dir should not be > filled up entirely - in the worst case compaction will need space as large > as the sstables on disk, therefore 50% should be free space. > > The parameters used for on disk storage are commitlog_directory and > data_file_directories and saved_caches_directory. The paramter > data_file_directories is in plural, you can easily put more than one > directory here (and you should do this instead of using RAID). > > Cheers, > Jan > > Am 07.04.2014 12:56, schrieb Hari Rajendhran: > > Hi Team, > > We have a 3 node Apache cassandra 2.0.4 setup installed in our lab > setup.We have set data directory to /var/lib/cassandra/data.What would be > the maximum > disk storage that will be used for cassandra data storage. > > Note : /var partition has a storage capacity of 40GB. > > My question is whether cassandra will the entire / directory for data > storage ? > If no, how to specify multiple directories for data storage ?? > > > > > > Best Regards > Hari Krishnan Rajendhran > Hadoop Admin > DESS-ABIM ,Chennai BIGDATA Galaxy > Tata Consultancy Services > Cell:- 9677985515 > Mailto: hari.rajendh...@tcs.com > Website: http://www.tcs.com > ____________________________________________ > Experience certainty. IT Services > Business Solutions > Consulting > ____________________________________________ > > =====-----=====-----===== > Notice: The information contained in this e-mail > message and/or attachments to it may contain > confidential or privileged information. If you are > not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the > information contained in this e-mail message > and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If > you have received this communication in error, > please notify us by reply e-mail or telephone and > immediately and permanently delete the message > and any attachments. Thank you > > > > -- > Jan Kesten, mailto:j.kes...@enercast.de <j.kes...@enercast.de> > Tel.: +49 561/4739664-0 FAX: -9 > enercast GmbH Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 104 D-34119 Kassel > HRB15471http://www.enercast.de Online-Prognosen für erneuerbare Energien > Geschäftsführung: Dipl. Ing. Thomas Landgraf, Bernd Kratz > > Diese E-Mail und etwaige Anhänge können vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich > geschützte Informationen enthalten. Falls Sie nicht der angegebene Empfänger > sind oder falls diese E-Mail irrtümlich an Sie adressiert wurde, > benachrichtigen Sie uns bitte sofort durch Antwort-E-Mail und löschen Sie > diese E-Mail nebst etwaigen Anlagen von Ihrem System. Ebenso dürfen Sie diese > E-Mail oder ihre Anlagen nicht kopieren oder an Dritte weitergeben. Vielen > Dank. > > This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and/or privileged > information. If you are not the named addressee or if this transmission has > been addressed to you in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail > and then delete this e-mail and any attachment from your system. Please > understand that you must not copy this e-mail or any attachment or disclose > the contents to any other person. Thank you for your cooperation. > >
