[CASSANDRA-3183] Make SerializingCacheProvider the default if JNA is available

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.0
• Assignee: Jonathan Ellis
• Reporter: Jonathan Ellis

Authors

Jonathan Ellis

Reviewers

Pavel Yaskevich

• Created: 12/Sep/11 17:43
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 12/Sep/11 22:52

Description

The serializing cache is a better choice for most users:

• Lower total memory usage (serialized data is usually 8x-12x smaller than "live" data in the JVM with all the overhead that involves) means you can cache more rows for a given memory footprint
• Moving the serialized rows off-heap means you can use smaller heaps, reducing the impact of GC pauses