validation_class: LongType} ] AND compression_options={sstable_compression:SnappyCompressor, chunk_length_kb:64}; About Indexes in Cassandra An index is a data structure that allows for fast, efficient compression classes using the org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.ICompressor interface. chunk_length_kb Sets the compression chunk size in kilobytes. The default value (64) is a good middle-ground for compressing the overhead of decompressing more data than is needed to access a requested row.The compression chunk size can be adjusted to account for read/write access patterns (how much data is typically requested

the partition with data in the form of files and folders (furniture). So, a partition is a logical chunk of space allocated out of the entire disk. Depending on how a system is con- figured at installation