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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by A J <s5...@gmail.com> on 2012/08/09 20:29:06 UTC

Physical storage of rowkey

Are row key hashed before being physically stored in Cassandra ? If
so, what hash function is used to ensure collision is minimal.

Thanks.

Re: Physical storage of rowkey

Posted by Tyler Hobbs <ty...@datastax.com>.

Yes, if you're using RandomPartitioner.  The hash is md5.

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 1:29 PM, A J <s5...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are row key hashed before being physically stored in Cassandra ? If
> so, what hash function is used to ensure collision is minimal.
>
> Thanks.
>

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