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Posted to user@cassandra.apache.org by Jabbar <aj...@gmail.com> on 2013/03/01 00:51:38 UTC

Re: Native LZ4 compressor installation

lz4-1.1.0.jar <http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/net/jpountz/lz4/lz4/1.1.0/lz4-1.1.0.jar>
   is used by Cassandra. I've just found the native library embedded
in the jar file. I'll
check in the morning if some sort confirmation is shown.



On 28 February 2013 20:42, Jabbar <aj...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am experimenting with cassandra 1.2.2 and are interested in using the
> native LZ4 compressor in linux. I have built the linux library but aren't
> sure how to tell tell cassandra to use it.
>
> Do I just drop it in the cassandra lib directory and change the
> compression for my column family? How will I know if the native compressor
> is being used?
>
> I'm particularly excited about this because it means the CPU's on our
> servers will have spare CPU cycles due to LZ4 compressor being faster than
> the snappy compressor.
>
>
> --
> Thanks
>
>  A Jabbar Azam
>



-- 
Thanks

 A Jabbar Azam