Notes
Cassandra Compaction Strategies
When setting up Cassandra tables, you should specify the compaction strategy Cassandra should use to store data internally. To do so, just add
WITH compaction = { 'class': '<compactionName>' }
to an ALTER TABLE
or CREATE TABLE
command.
Name | Acronym | Used For |
---|---|---|
SizeTieredCompactionStrategy | STCS | Insert-Heavy Tables |
LeveledCompactionStrategy | LCS | Read-Heavy Tables |
DateTieredCompactionStrategy | DTCS | Time Series Data |