Thank you Arindam, that helps
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:32 PM, Arindam Barua <aba...@247-inc.com> wrote: > > > This thread should answer your questions: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15925549/how-cassandra-split-keyspace-data-when-multiple-dirctories-found > > > > > > *From:* Yatong Zhang [mailto:bluefl...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 30, 2014 2:03 AM > *To:* user@cassandra.apache.org > *Subject:* Can Cassandra work efficiently with multiple data directories > on multiple disks? > > > > Hi there, > > I have the following configuration: > > data_file_directories: > - /data1/cass > - /data2/cass > - /data3/cass > - /data4/cass > - /data5/cass > - /data6/cass > > > > and each directory resides on a separate stand-alone harddisk. My > questions are: > > 1. Will Cassandra split data evenly on multiple disks? > > 2. How will Cassandra work if one of the disk is full? > > 3. What's the best configuration strategy if you have multiple disk per > node? > > Thanks >