diff --git a/templates/cassandra.yaml.erb b/templates/cassandra.yaml.erb
index 6d158f6..3e17339 100644
--- a/templates/cassandra.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/cassandra.yaml.erb
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ row_cache_save_period: 0
 # that implements org.apache.cassandra.cache.IRowCacheProvider.
 #
 # Defaults to SerializingCacheProvider
-row_cache_provider: SerializingCacheProvider
+#row_cache_provider: SerializingCacheProvider
 
 # saved caches
 saved_caches_directory: <%= @saved_caches_directory %>
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ seed_provider:
 # it is most effective under light to moderate load, or read-heavy
 # workloads; under truly massive write load, it will often be too
 # little, too late.
-flush_largest_memtables_at: 0.75
+#flush_largest_memtables_at: 0.75
 
 # emergency pressure valve #2: the first time heap usage after a full
 # (CMS) garbage collection is above this fraction of the max,
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ flush_largest_memtables_at: 0.75
 # 
 # Set to 1.0 to disable.  Setting this lower than
 # CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction is not likely to be useful.
-reduce_cache_sizes_at: 0.85
-reduce_cache_capacity_to: 0.6
+#reduce_cache_sizes_at: 0.85
+#reduce_cache_capacity_to: 0.6
 
 # For workloads with more data than can fit in memory, Cassandra's
 # bottleneck will be reads that need to fetch data from