Intro

Hector is a high level Java client for Apache Cassandra currently in use on a number of production systems some of which have node counts into the hundreds. Issues generally are fixed as quickly as possbile and releases done frequently.

Apache Cassandra is a highly available column oriented database.

Hector is the greatest warrior in the greek mythology, Troy’s builder and brother of Cassandra

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra

Some features provided by this client

• high level, simple object oriented interface to cassandra
• failover behavior on the client side
• connection pooling for improved performance and scalability
• JMX counters for monitoring and management
• configurable and extensible load balancing (round robin (the default), least active, and a phi-accrural style response time detector)
• complete encapsulation of the underlying Thrift API and structs
• automatic retry of downed hosts
• automatic discovery of additional hosts in the cluster
• suspension of hosts for a short period of time after several timeouts
• simple ORM layer that works
• a type-safe approach to dealing with Apache Cassandra’s data model

Sources and download

https://github.com/rantav/hector or clone it directly from $ git clone git://github.com/hector-client/hector.git

Mailing lists

• Users: Ask questions and share your experience. Anyone can post messages and anyone may join.

  hector-users@googlegroups.com (http://groups.google.com/group/hector-users)

• Developers: For cutting edge development of hector itself. Anyone can post messages, but join by invitation only.

  hector-dev@googlegroups.com (http://groups.google.com/group/hector-dev)

Build resources

• Maven Central location (includes javadoc): Maven Central
• Continuous Integration (Hudson/Jenkins)
• Cloudbees maven repo with nightly snapshots

FAQ

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