Apache Cassandra performance tuning - call for contribution

[Daniel Seybold <da...@uni-ulm.de>]

Dear Apache Cassandra community,

we plan to run a large case performance study for Apache Cassandra and 
MongoDB where the focus is not to compare both systems directly but to 
answer the question: /how much performance can you get out each DBMS 
with an optimal configuration compared to the vanilla installation?/

In this study, we use three different configurations of the well-known 
Yahoo Cloud Serving (YCSB) benchmark to emulate three types of workloads 
(write-heavy, ready-heavy, mixed).

With these workloads, we stress the DBMS’ hosted on AWS EC2.

In order to get the optimal answer, we need your support as Apache 
Cassandra experts to find the optimal OS and DBMS configuration for the 
outlined workloads (either one general configuration or 
workload-specific configurations).

We will carry out the benchmarks with our Benchmarking-as-a-Service 
(BaaS) platform and include your configurations into the benchmarking 
process.

And of course, we will release all data as open data sets to the 
community and publish the study on our website and distribute it through 
our marketing channels.
Moreover, we will reference you in this study and give you the 
opportunity to introduce yourself and your company as well as comment on 
the results with your experience and assessment.

If you are interested in contributing, feel free to reach out to me.

Cheers,
Daniel