Re: CF backup / restore selected columns

2013-11-12 Thread Tyler Hobbs
There's no easy way to do this that I'm aware of. Snapshots are just hardlinks to existing SSTable files. Your best option is probably either scanning the CF with a normal client or setting up an M/R job. On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Turi, Ferenc (GE Power & Water, Non-GE) < ferenc.t...@ge.

CF backup / restore selected columns

2013-11-11 Thread Turi, Ferenc (GE Power & Water, Non-GE)
Hi, I have a question which I was not able to find the right answer for. What is the best way to backup/restore a set of columns? Let's say we have: CF1(a,b,c,d) - a,b,c,d are columns/ original CF we would like to take backup from CF2(d,e,f,g) - e,f,g are different columns, we would restore dat