cassandra-stress version

Print the cassandra-stress version.

Not all cassandra-stress arguments apply to this command.

Synopsis

cassandra-stress version [arguments]

Command options

cl=?

Set the consistency level to use during cassandra-stress. Options are ONE, QUORUM, LOCAL_ONE (default), LOCAL_QUORUM, EACH_QUORUM, ALL, and ANY.

clustering=DIST(?)

Distribution clustering runs of operations of the same kind.

duration=?

Specify the time to run, in seconds, minutes, or hours.

err<?

Specify a standard error of the mean. When this value is reached, cassandra-stress will end.

Default: 0.02

n>?

Specify a minimum number of iterations to run before accepting uncertainly convergence.

n<?

Specify a maximum number of iterations to run before accepting uncertainly convergence.

n=?

Specify the number of operations to run.

no-warmup

Do not warmup the process. Do a cold start.

ops(?)

Specify what operations to run and the number of each. Only valid with the user option.

profile=?

Designate the YAML file to use with cassandra-stress. Only valid with the user option.

truncate=?

Truncate the table created during cassandra-stress. Options are never, once, always.

Default: never

The truncate option must be inserted before the mode argument, otherwise the cassandra-stress tool won’t apply truncation as specified.

Command arguments

-col

Column details, such as size and count distribution, data generator, names, and comparator:

Supports multiple syntax formats:

-col names=? [slice] [super=?] [comparator=?] [timestamp=?] [size=DIST(?)]
-col [n=DIST(?)] [slice] [super=?] [comparator=?] [timestamp=?] [size=DIST(?)]
-errors

How to handle errors when encountered during stress testing:

-errors [retries=N] [ignore] [skip-read-validation]
  • retries=<N>: Number of times to try each operation before failing.

  • ignore: If included, won’t fail on errors. Omit this argument to fail on errors.

  • skip-read-validation: Include to skip read validation and message output.

-graph

Graph results of cassandra-stress tests. Multiple tests can be graphed together.

-graph file=? [revision=?] [title=?] [op=?]
-insert

Insert specific options relating to various methods for batching and splitting partition updates.

-insert [revisit=DIST(?)] [visits=DIST(?)] partitions=DIST(?) [batchtype=?] select-ratio=DIST(?) row-population-ratio=DIST(?)
-log

Where to log progress and the interval to use.

-log [level=?] [no-summary] [file=?] [hdrfile=?] [interval=?] [no-settings] [no-progress] [show-queries] [query-log-file=?]
-mode

Thrift or CQL with options. Supports multiple syntax formats:

-mode thrift [smart] [user=?] [password=?]
-mode native [unprepared] cql3 [compression=?] [port=?] [user=?] [password=?] [auth-provider=?] [maxPending=?] [connectionsPerHost=?] [protocolVersion=?]
-mode simplenative [prepared] cql3 [port=?]
-node

Nodes to connect to.

-node [datacenter=?] [whitelist] [file=?]
-pop

Population distribution and intra-partition visit order. Supports multiple syntax formats:

-pop seq=? [no-wrap] [read-lookback=DIST(?)] [contents=?]
-pop [dist=DIST(?)] [contents=?]
-port

Specify port for connecting nodes. Port can be specified for Apache Cassandra native protocol (native=), Thrift protocol (thrift=), or a JMX port (jmx=) for retrieving statistics.

-port [native=?] [thrift=?] [jmx=?]
-rate

Set the rate. Supports multiple syntax formats:

  • Throttle to a fixed rate of operations per second with a specified number of threads:

    -rate threads=? [throttle=?] [fixed=?]
    • threads=?: Number of clients to run concurrently.

    • throttle=?: Throttle operations per second across all clients to a maximum rate (or less) with no implied schedule. Default: 0

    • fixed=?: Expect fixed rate of operations per second across all clients with implied schedule. Default: 0

  • Gradually increase the number of threads until a specified minimum or maximum is reached, or until throughput saturates:

    -rate [threads>=?] [threads<=?] [auto]
    • threads>=?: Run at least this many clients concurrently. Default: 4

    • threads⇐?: Run at most this many clients concurrently. Default: 1000

    • auto: Stop increasing threads once throughput saturates.

-schema

Schema configuration including replication settings, keyspace, compression, and compaction:

-schema [replication(?)] [keyspace=?] [compaction(?)] [compression=?]
-sendto

Specify a server to send the stress command to.

-sendto <host>
-tokenrange

Token range settings.

-tokenrange [no-wrap] [split-factor=?] [savedata=?]
-transport

Custom transport factories.

-transport [factory=?] [truststore=?] [truststore-password=?] [keystore=?] [keystore-password=?] [ssl-protocol=?] [ssl-alg=?] [store-type=?] [ssl-ciphers=?]

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