Re: Column names overhead

2012-06-24 Thread aaron morton
> What is the penalty for using longer column names? Each column name is stored in each -Data file were a value is stored for it. So if you have muchos overwrites the column name may be stored many places. > Should I sacrifice longer self-explanatory names for shorter cryptic ones to > save the

Column names overhead

2012-06-22 Thread Leonid Ilyevsky
What is the penalty for using longer column names? Should I sacrifice longer self-explanatory names for shorter cryptic ones to save the disk space? On one hand, I understand that Cassandra row id a key-value map, but on another hand, it probably uses compression when storing them. _