Any insert, update, or delete On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 1:31 AM, Jens Rantil <jens.ran...@tink.se> wrote: > > Maybe slightly off-topic, but what is a mutation? Is it equivalent to a > CQL row? Or maybe a column in a row? Does include tombstones within the > selected range? > > Thanks, > Jens > > > > On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Ryan Svihla <rsvi...@datastax.com> wrote: > >> Nothing magic, just put in there based on experience. You can find the >> story behind the original recommendation here >> >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-6487 >> >> Key reasoning for the desire comes from Patrick McFadden: >> >> "Yes that was in bytes. Just in my own experience, I don't recommend more >> than ~100 mutations per batch. Doing some quick math I came up with 5k as >> 100 x 50 byte mutations. >> >> Totally up for debate." >> >> It's totally changeable, however, it's there in no small part because so >> many people confuse the BATCH keyword as a performance optimization, this >> helps flag those cases of misuse. >> >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 2:43 PM, Mohammed Guller <moham...@glassbeam.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi – >>> >>> The cassandra.yaml file has property called >>> *batch_size_warn_threshold_in_kb. >>> * >>> >>> The default size is 5kb and according to the comments in the yaml file, >>> it is used to log WARN on any batch size exceeding this value in kilobytes. >>> It says caution should be taken on increasing the size of this threshold as >>> it can lead to node instability. >>> >>> >>> >>> Does anybody know the significance of this magic number 5kb? Why would a >>> higher number (say 10kb) lead to node instability? >>> >>> >>> >>> Mohammed >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> [image: datastax_logo.png] <http://www.datastax.com/> >> >> Ryan Svihla >> >> Solution Architect >> >> [image: twitter.png] <https://twitter.com/foundev> [image: linkedin.png] >> <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ryan-svihla/12/621/727/> >> >> DataStax is the fastest, most scalable distributed database technology, >> delivering Apache Cassandra to the world’s most innovative enterprises. >> Datastax is built to be agile, always-on, and predictably scalable to any >> size. With more than 500 customers in 45 countries, DataStax is the >> database technology and transactional backbone of choice for the worlds >> most innovative companies such as Netflix, Adobe, Intuit, and eBay. >> >> >
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