+1
On Tue, Sep 29, 2026, at 6:16 AM, Brandon Williams wrote: > +1 > > Kind Regards, > Brandon > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2026 at 3:41 PM Chris Lohfink <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'd like to call a vote on CEP-66: Zero-copy SSTable splitting. >> >> The proposal splits eligible compressed SSTables by reusing their encoded >> compression chunks and rebuilding the child components, avoiding a row >> rewrite. It starts with an opt-in sstablesplit --zero-copy mode for split >> tool and BIG-format SSTables on Cassandra 7.0/trunk. Reflinks provide an >> additional optimization where supported; otherwise, Cassandra copies the >> encoded bytes. Follow-up incremental phases cover Spark support, >> anticompaction, BTI, 2i, and partial-range zero copy streaming. >> >> The discussion covered the new SSTable format, compatibility, reflink >> complexity, and digest generation. The proposal and discussion are here: >> >> Proposal: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/spaces/CASSANDRA/pages/451972773/draft+CEP-66+Zero-copy+SSTable+splitting >> >> Discussion: >> https://lists.apache.org/thread/sjqbv0m451kqopms8whymgwbrr2v16tw >> >> Please cast your vote in this thread. The vote will remain open for at least >> 72 hours, longer if needed. Per the CEP process, adoption requires three >> binding +1 votes and no binding vetoes. >> >> Thanks, >> Chris
