--- /etc/cassandra/cassandra.yaml	2015-07-10 04:20:28.518774613 +0000
+++ /tmp/puppet-file20150710-43621-1hw0d99	2015-07-10 15:35:02.968696325 +0000
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@
 # On the other hand, since writes are almost never IO bound, the ideal
 # number of "concurrent_writes" is dependent on the number of cores in
 # your system; (8 * number_of_cores) is a good rule of thumb.
-concurrent_reads: 18
-concurrent_writes: 18
+concurrent_reads: 32
+concurrent_writes: 96
 concurrent_counter_writes: 32
 
 # Total memory to use for sstable-reading buffers.  Defaults to
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@
 #
 # If your data directories are backed by SSD, you should increase this
 # to the number of cores.
-concurrent_compactors: 5
+concurrent_compactors: 10
 
 # Throttles compaction to the given total throughput across the entire
 # system. The faster you insert data, the faster you need to compact in