To run the tests:
1. Install python-nose (http://code.google.com/p/python-nose/)
2. Copy cassandra.yaml and log4j-server-properties to your Cassandra conf directory
3. Invoke the loadSchemaFromYAML JMX operation
(see http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/LiveSchemaUpdates).
4. Run Cassandra with:
bin/cassandra -f -Dpasswd.properties=conf/passwd.properties -Daccess.properties=conf/access.properties
5. Run nosetests in the top directory
