> > > > > [1] http://www.datastax.com/docs/0.8/operations/index > > [2] http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations > > > > Well if they new some secret gotcha the dutiful cassandra operators of > the world would update the wiki. >
As I am new to the Cassandra community, I don't know how 'dutifully' this is maintained. My questions were not unreasonable question given the nature of open-source documentation. All I was looking for was what people thought were best practices based on their own production experience. Telling me to read the mailing lists and follow the issue tracker and use monitoring software is all great and fine - and I do all of these things today already - but this is a philosophical recommendation that does not actually address my question. So I chalk this up as an error on my side in not being clear in my question - my apologies. Let me reformulate it :) Does anyone out there have any concrete recommended techniques or insights in maintaining a HA Cassandra cluster that you've gained based on production experience beyond what is described in the 2 links above? Thanks, Les
