cassandra.yaml

# Cassandra storage config YAML 

#NOTE !!!!!!!! NOTE 
# See http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/StorageConfiguration for
# full explanations of configuration directives
#NOTE !!!!!!!! NOTE 

# The name of the cluster. This is mainly used to prevent machines in
# one logical cluster from joining another.
cluster_name: 'Test Cluster'

# You should always specify InitialToken when setting up a production
# cluster for the first time, and often when adding capacity later.
# The principle is that each node should be given an equal slice of
# the token ring; see http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations
# for more details.
#
# If blank, Cassandra will request a token bisecting the range of
# the heaviest-loaded existing node.  If there is no load information
# available, such as is the case with a new cluster, it will pick
# a random token, which will lead to hot spots.
initial_token:

# Set to true to make new [non-seed] nodes automatically migrate data
# to themselves from the pre-existing nodes in the cluster.  Defaults
# to false because you can only bootstrap N machines at a time from
# an existing cluster of N, so if you are bringing up a cluster of
# 10 machines with 3 seeds you would have to do it in stages.  Leaving
# this off for the initial start simplifies that.
auto_bootstrap: false

# See http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HintedHandoff
hinted_handoff_enabled: true

# authentication backend, implementing IAuthenticator; used to identify users
authenticator: org.apache.cassandra.auth.AllowAllAuthenticator

# authorization backend, implementing IAuthority; used to limit access/provide permissions
authority: org.apache.cassandra.auth.AllowAllAuthority

# any IPartitioner may be used, including your own as long as it is on
# the classpath.  Out of the box, Cassandra provides
# org.apache.cassandra.dht.RandomPartitioner
# org.apache.cassandra.dht.ByteOrderedPartitioner,
# org.apache.cassandra.dht.OrderPreservingPartitioner, and
# org.apache.cassandra.dht.CollatingOrderPreservingPartitioner.
# (CollatingOPP colates according to EN,US rules, not naive byte
# ordering.  Use this as an example if you need locale-aware collation.)
partitioner: org.apache.cassandra.dht.RandomPartitioner

# directories where Cassandra should store data on disk.
data_file_directories:
    - /var/lib/cassandra/data

# commit log
commitlog_directory: /var/lib/cassandra/commitlog

# saved caches
saved_caches_directory: /var/lib/cassandra/saved_caches

# Size to allow commitlog to grow to before creating a new segment 
commitlog_rotation_threshold_in_mb: 128

# commitlog_sync may be either "periodic" or "batch." 
# When in batch mode, Cassandra won't ack writes until the commit log
# has been fsynced to disk.  It will wait up to
# CommitLogSyncBatchWindowInMS milliseconds for other writes, before
# performing the sync.
commitlog_sync: periodic

# the other option is "timed," where writes may be acked immediately
# and the CommitLog is simply synced every commitlog_sync_period_in_ms
# milliseconds.
commitlog_sync_period_in_ms: 10000

# Addresses of hosts that are deemed contact points. 
# Cassandra nodes use this list of hosts to find each other and learn
# the topology of the ring.  You must change this if you are running
# multiple nodes!
seeds:
    - 127.0.0.1

# Access mode.  mmapped i/o is substantially faster, but only practical on
# a 64bit machine (which notably does not include EC2 "small" instances)
# or relatively small datasets.  "auto", the safe choice, will enable
# mmapping on a 64bit JVM.  Other values are "mmap", "mmap_index_only"
# (which may allow you to get part of the benefits of mmap on a 32bit
# machine by mmapping only index files) and "standard".
# (The buffer size settings that follow only apply to standard,
# non-mmapped i/o.)
disk_access_mode: auto

# Unlike most systems, in Cassandra writes are faster than reads, so
# you can afford more of those in parallel.  A good rule of thumb is 2
# concurrent reads per processor core.  Increase ConcurrentWrites to
# the number of clients writing at once if you enable CommitLogSync +
# CommitLogSyncDelay. -->
concurrent_reads: 8
concurrent_writes: 32

# This sets the amount of memtable flush writer threads.  These will
# be blocked by disk io, and each one will hold a memtable in memory
# while blocked. If you have a large heap and many data directories,
# you can increase this value for better flush performance.
# By default this will be set to the amount of data directories defined.
#memtable_flush_writers: 1

# Buffer size to use when performing contiguous column slices. 
# Increase this to the size of the column slices you typically perform
sliced_buffer_size_in_kb: 64

# TCP port, for commands and data
storage_port: 7000

# Address to bind to and tell other Cassandra nodes to connect to. You
# _must_ change this if you want multiple nodes to be able to
# communicate!
# 
# Leaving it blank leaves it up to InetAddress.getLocalHost(). This
# will always do the Right Thing *if* the node is properly configured
# (hostname, name resolution, etc), and the Right Thing is to use the
# address associated with the hostname (it might not be).
#
# Setting this to 0.0.0.0 is always wrong.
listen_address: localhost

# The address to bind the Thrift RPC service to -- clients connect
# here. Unlike ListenAddress above, you *can* specify 0.0.0.0 here if
# you want Thrift to listen on all interfaces.
# 
# Leaving this blank has the same effect it does for ListenAddress,
# (i.e. it will be based on the configured hostname of the node).
rpc_address: localhost
# port for Thrift to listen for clients on
rpc_port: 9160

# enable or disable keepalive on rpc connections
rpc_keepalive: true

# uncomment to set socket buffer sizes on rpc connections
# rpc_send_buff_size_in_bytes:
# rpc_recv_buff_size_in_bytes:

# Frame size for thrift (maximum field length).
# 0 disables TFramedTransport in favor of TSocket. This option
# is deprecated; we strongly recommend using Framed mode.
thrift_framed_transport_size_in_mb: 15

# The max length of a thrift message, including all fields and
# internal thrift overhead.
thrift_max_message_length_in_mb: 16

# Whether or not to take a snapshot before each compaction.  Be
# careful using this option, since Cassandra won't clean up the
# snapshots for you.  Mostly useful if you're paranoid when there
# is a data format change.
snapshot_before_compaction: false

# change this to increase the compaction thread's priority.  In java, 1 is the
# lowest priority and that is our default.
# compaction_thread_priority: 1

# The threshold size in megabytes the binary memtable must grow to,
# before it's submitted for flushing to disk.
binary_memtable_throughput_in_mb: 256

# Add column indexes to a row after its contents reach this size.
# Increase if your column values are large, or if you have a very large
# number of columns.  The competing causes are, Cassandra has to
# deserialize this much of the row to read a single column, so you want
# it to be small - at least if you do many partial-row reads - but all
# the index data is read for each access, so you don't want to generate
# that wastefully either.
column_index_size_in_kb: 64

# Size limit for rows being compacted in memory.  Larger rows will spill
# over to disk and use a slower two-pass compaction process.  A message
# will be logged specifying the row key.
in_memory_compaction_limit_in_mb: 64

# Time to wait for a reply from other nodes before failing the command 
rpc_timeout_in_ms: 10000

# phi value that must be reached for a host to be marked down.
# most users should never need to adjust this.
# phi_convict_threshold: 8

# endpoint_snitch -- Set this to a class that implements
# IEndpointSnitch, which will let Cassandra know enough
# about your network topology to route requests efficiently.
# Out of the box, Cassandra provides
#  - org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleSnitch:
#    Treats Strategy order as proximity. This improves cache locality
#    when disabling read repair, which can further improve throughput.
#  - org.apache.cassandra.locator.RackInferringSnitch:
#    Proximity is determined by rack and data center, which are
#    assumed to correspond to the 3rd and 2nd octet of each node's
#    IP address, respectively
# org.apache.cassandra.locator.PropertyFileSnitch:
#  - Proximity is determined by rack and data center, which are
#    explicitly configured in cassandra-rack.properties.
endpoint_snitch: org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleSnitch

# dynamic_snitch -- This boolean controls whether the above snitch is
# wrapped with a dynamic snitch, which will monitor read latencies
# and avoid reading from hosts that have slowed (due to compaction,
# for instance)
dynamic_snitch: true
# controls how often to perform the more expensive part of host score
# calculation
dynamic_snitch_update_interval_in_ms: 100 
# controls how often to reset all host scores, allowing a bad host to
# possibly recover
dynamic_snitch_reset_interval_in_ms: 600000
# if set greater than zero and read_repair_chance is < 1.0, this will allow
# 'pinning' of replicas to hosts in order to increase cache capacity.
# The badness threshold will control how much worse the pinned host has to be
# before the dynamic snitch will prefer other replicas over it.  This is
# expressed as a double which represents a percentage.  Thus, a value of
# 0.2 means Cassandra would continue to prefer the static snitch values
# until the pinned host was 20% worse than the fastest.
dynamic_snitch_badness_threshold: 0.0

# request_scheduler -- Set this to a class that implements
# RequestScheduler, which will schedule incoming client requests
# according to the specific policy. This is useful for multi-tenancy
# with a single Cassandra cluster.
# NOTE: This is specifically for requests from the client and does
# not affect inter node communication.
# org.apache.cassandra.scheduler.NoScheduler - No scheduling takes place
# org.apache.cassandra.scheduler.RoundRobinScheduler - Round robin of
# client requests to a node with a separate queue for each
# request_scheduler_id. The scheduler is further customized by
# request_scheduler_options as described below.
request_scheduler: org.apache.cassandra.scheduler.NoScheduler

# Scheduler Options vary based on the type of scheduler
# NoScheduler - Has no options
# RoundRobin
#  - throttle_limit -- The throttle_limit is the number of in-flight
#                      requests per client.  Requests beyond 
#                      that limit are queued up until
#                      running requests can complete.
#                      The value of 80 here is twice the number of
#                      concurrent_reads + concurrent_writes.
#  - default_weight -- default_weight is optional and allows for
#                      overriding the default which is 1.
#  - weights -- Weights are optional and will default to 1 or the
#               overridden default_weight. The weight translates into how
#               many requests are handled during each turn of the
#               RoundRobin, based on the scheduler id.
#
# request_scheduler_options:
#    throttle_limit: 80
#    default_weight: 5
#    weights:
#      Keyspace1: 1
#      Keyspace2: 5

# request_scheduler_id -- An identifer based on which to perform
# the request scheduling. Currently the only valid option is keyspace.
# request_scheduler_id: keyspace

# The Index Interval determines how large the sampling of row keys
#  is for a given SSTable. The larger the sampling, the more effective
#  the index is at the cost of space.
index_interval: 128

# A ColumnFamily is the Cassandra concept closest to a relational table. 
#
# Keyspaces are separate groups of ColumnFamilies.  Except in very
# unusual circumstances you will have one Keyspace per application.
#
# Keyspace required parameters:
# - name: name of the keyspace; "system" and "definitions" are 
#   reserved for Cassandra Internals.
# - replica_placement_strategy: the class that determines how replicas
#   are distributed among nodes. Contains both the class as well as
#   configuration information.  Must extend AbstractReplicationStrategy.
#   Out of the box, Cassandra provides 
#     * org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleStrategy 
#     * org.apache.cassandra.locator.NetworkTopologyStrategy
#     * org.apache.cassandra.locator.OldNetworkTopologyStrategy
#
#   SimpleStrategy merely places the first
#   replica at the node whose token is closest to the key (as determined
#   by the Partitioner), and additional replicas on subsequent nodes
#   along the ring in increasing Token order.
# 
#   With NetworkTopologyStrategy,
#   for each datacenter, you can specify how many replicas you want
#   on a per-keyspace basis.  Replicas are placed on different racks
#   within each DC, if possible. This strategy also requires rack aware
#   snitch, such as RackInferringSnitch or PropertyFileSnitch.
#   An example:
#    - name: Keyspace1
#      replica_placement_strategy: org.apache.cassandra.locator.NetworkTopologyStrategy
#      strategy_options:
#        DC1 : 3
#        DC2 : 2
#        DC3 : 1
# 
#   OldNetworkToplogyStrategy [formerly RackAwareStrategy] 
#   places one replica in each of two datacenters, and the third on a
#   different rack in in the first.  Additional datacenters are not
#   guaranteed to get a replica.  Additional replicas after three are placed
#   in ring order after the third without regard to rack or datacenter.
#
# - replication_factor: Number of replicas of each row
# - column_families: column families associated with this keyspace
#
#     ColumnFamily required parameters:
#     - name: name of the ColumnFamily.  Must not contain the character "-".
#     - compare_with: tells Cassandra how to sort the columns for slicing
#       operations. The default is BytesType, which is a straightforward
#       lexical comparison of the bytes in each column.  Other options are
#       AsciiType, UTF8Type, LexicalUUIDType, TimeUUIDType, LongType,
#       and IntegerType (a generic variable-length integer type).
#       You can also specify the fully-qualified class name to a class of
#       your choice extending org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.AbstractType.
#    
#     ColumnFamily optional parameters:
#     - keys_cached: specifies the number of keys per sstable whose
#        locations we keep in memory in "mostly LRU" order.  (JUST the key
#        locations, NOT any column values.) Specify a fraction (value less
#        than 1) or an absolute number of keys to cache.  Defaults to 200000
#        keys.
#     - rows_cached: specifies the number of rows whose entire contents we
#        cache in memory. Do not use this on ColumnFamilies with large rows,
#        or ColumnFamilies with high write:read ratios. Specify a fraction
#        (value less than 1) or an absolute number of rows to cache.
#        Defaults to 0. (i.e. row caching is off by default)
#     - comment: used to attach additional human-readable information about 
#        the column family to its definition.
#     - read_repair_chance: specifies the probability with which read
#        repairs should be invoked on non-quorum reads.  must be between 0
#        and 1. defaults to 1.0 (always read repair).
#     - gc_grace_seconds: specifies the time to wait before garbage
#        collecting tombstones (deletion markers). defaults to 864000 (10
#        days). See http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DistributedDeletes
#     - default_validation_class: specifies a validator class to use for
#        validating all the column values in the CF.
#     - min_compaction_threshold: the minimum number of SSTables needed
#        to start a minor compaction.  increasing this will cause minor
#        compactions to start less frequently and be more intensive. setting
#        this to 0 disables minor compactions.  defaults to 4.
#     - max_compaction_threshold: the maximum number of SSTables allowed
#        before a minor compaction is forced.  decreasing this will cause
#        minor compactions to start more frequently and be less intensive.
#        setting this to 0 disables minor compactions.  defaults to 32.
#     - row_cache_save_period_in_seconds: number of seconds between saving
#        row caches.  The row caches can be saved periodically and if one
#        exists on startup it will be loaded.
#     - key_cache_save_period_in_seconds: number of seconds between saving
#        key caches.  The key caches can be saved periodically and if one 
#        exists on startup it will be loaded.
#     - memtable_flush_after_mins: The maximum time to leave a dirty table
#        unflushed.  This should be large enough that it won't cause a flush
#        storm of all memtables during periods of inactivity.
#     - memtable_throughput_in_mb: The maximum size of the memtable before
#        it is flushed.  If undefined, 1/8 * heapsize will be used.
#     - memtable_operations_in_millions: Number of operations in millions
#        before the memtable is flushed. If undefined, throughput / 64 * 0.3
#        will be used.
#
keyspaces:
- column_families:
  - column_metadata:
    - !!org.apache.cassandra.config.RawColumnDefinition
      name: password
      validator_class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    column_type: Standard
    comment: ''
    compare_with: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    gc_grace_seconds: 864000
    key_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 3600
    keys_cached: 200000.0
    max_compaction_threshold: 32
    memtable_flush_after_mins: 60
    min_compaction_threshold: 4
    name: User
    read_repair_chance: 1.0
    row_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 0
    rows_cached: 0.0
  - column_type: Standard
    comment: ''
    compare_with: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.LongType
    default_validation_class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.LexicalUUIDType
    gc_grace_seconds: 864000
    key_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 3600
    keys_cached: 200000.0
    max_compaction_threshold: 32
    memtable_flush_after_mins: 60
    min_compaction_threshold: 4
    name: Userline
    read_repair_chance: 1.0
    row_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 0
    rows_cached: 0.0
  - column_type: Standard
    comment: ''
    compare_with: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    default_validation_class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    gc_grace_seconds: 864000
    key_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 3600
    keys_cached: 200000.0
    max_compaction_threshold: 32
    memtable_flush_after_mins: 60
    min_compaction_threshold: 4
    name: Followers
    read_repair_chance: 1.0
    row_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 0
    rows_cached: 0.0
  - column_metadata:
    - !!org.apache.cassandra.config.RawColumnDefinition
      name: body
      validator_class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    - !!org.apache.cassandra.config.RawColumnDefinition
      name: username
      validator_class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    column_type: Standard
    comment: ''
    compare_with: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    gc_grace_seconds: 864000
    key_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 3600
    keys_cached: 200000.0
    max_compaction_threshold: 32
    memtable_flush_after_mins: 60
    min_compaction_threshold: 4
    name: Tweet
    read_repair_chance: 1.0
    row_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 0
    rows_cached: 0.0
  - column_type: Standard
    comment: ''
    compare_with: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    default_validation_class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.UTF8Type
    gc_grace_seconds: 864000
    key_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 3600
    keys_cached: 200000.0
    max_compaction_threshold: 32
    memtable_flush_after_mins: 60
    min_compaction_threshold: 4
    name: Friends
    read_repair_chance: 1.0
    row_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 0
    rows_cached: 0.0
  - column_type: Standard
    comment: ''
    compare_with: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.LongType
    default_validation_class: org.apache.cassandra.db.marshal.LexicalUUIDType
    gc_grace_seconds: 864000
    key_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 3600
    keys_cached: 200000.0
    max_compaction_threshold: 32
    memtable_flush_after_mins: 60
    min_compaction_threshold: 4
    name: Timeline
    read_repair_chance: 1.0
    row_cache_save_period_in_seconds: 0
    rows_cached: 0.0
  name: Twissjava
  replica_placement_strategy: org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleStrategy
  replication_factor: 1