diff --git a/swh/values/staging/next-version.yaml b/swh/values/staging/next-version.yaml
index 75d03c3e5289a49647b23f27f0e8eb3ac353ef85..5c0b7520b4242741dd1d367967830f7f1c35f1de 100644
--- a/swh/values/staging/next-version.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/staging/next-version.yaml
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ storageReplayer:
 cassandraSeeds:
   - cassandra-cluster-next-version-service
 
-cassandraStorage:
+cassandraStorage: &cassandraStorage
   cls: cassandra
   cassandraSeedsRef: cassandraSeeds
   keyspace: swh
@@ -657,12 +657,30 @@ rwStorageCassandraWithJournalConfiguration:
   journalWriterConfigurationRef: storageJournalWriterConfiguration
   objstorageConfigurationRef: rpcRWObjstoragePathslicingConfiguration
 
+
+cassandraStorageForReferenceTableJob:
+  <<: *cassandraStorage
+  specificOptions:
+    table_options:
+      object_references_*: "compression = {'class': 'ZstdCompressor', 'compression_level':'19'} AND compaction = {'class': 'UnifiedCompactionStrategy'}"
+
+rwCassandraStorageForReferenceTableJob:
+  storageConfigurationRef: cassandraStorageForReferenceTableJob
+  objstorageConfigurationRef: noopObjstorageConfiguration
+
 storage:
   enabled: true
   deployments:
     # main storage to let the loaders write
     rw-cassandra:
       storageConfigurationRef: rwStorageCassandraWithJournalConfiguration
+      cronjobs:
+        create-object-reference-partitions:
+          enabled: false
+          storageConfigurationRef: rwCassandraStorageForReferenceTableJob
+          logLevel: INFO
+          cron: 5 0 * * mon
+          concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
     # a storage postgresql instance to replay data
     rw-postgresql:
       enabled: true
diff --git a/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml b/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml
index dd894c948641388dcb2e206bad2e6519f32367d8..f3626b32452548245c87a6244417569c3a909b3e 100644
--- a/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ cassandraSeeds:
   - cassandra2.internal.staging.swh.network
   - cassandra3.internal.staging.swh.network
 
-cassandraStorage:
+cassandraStorage: &cassandraStorage
   cls: cassandra
   cassandraSeedsRef: cassandraSeeds
   keyspace: swh
@@ -88,10 +88,21 @@ cassandraChecksROStorage:
       secretKeyRef: common-secrets
       secretKeyName: cassandra-swh-ro-password
 
+cassandraStorageForReferenceTableJob:
+  <<: *cassandraStorage
+  specificOptions:
+    # /!\ All the specific options of ^ are overridden
+    table_options:
+      object_references_*: "compression = {'class': 'ZstdCompressor', 'compression_level':'19'} AND compaction = {'class': 'UnifiedCompactionStrategy'}"
+
 cassandraRWNoObjstorageStorageConfiguration:
   storageConfigurationRef: cassandraStorage
   objstorageConfigurationRef: noopObjstorageConfiguration
 
+cassandraRWForReferenceTableJobConfiguration:
+  storageConfigurationRef: cassandraStorageForReferenceTableJob
+  objstorageConfigurationRef: noopObjstorageConfiguration
+
 postgresqlRWNoObjstorageStorageConfiguration:
   storageConfigurationRef: primaryPostgresqlRWStorageConfiguration
   objstorageConfigurationRef: noopObjstorageConfiguration
@@ -813,7 +824,7 @@ storage:
       cronjobs:
         create-object-reference-partitions:
           enabled: true
-          storageConfigurationRef: cassandraRWNoObjstorageStorageConfiguration
+          storageConfigurationRef: cassandraRWForReferenceTableJobConfiguration
           logLevel: INFO
           cron: 5 0 * * mon
           concurrencyPolicy: Forbid