does http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/DistributedDeletes and http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/MemtableSSTable help?
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Dwight Smith <dwight.sm...@alcatel-lucent.com> wrote: > Hi > > > > I am running a three node cluster, everything works as expected. After > running my application for ~60K iterations, I stopped the application, then > performed > > Nodetool flush on my Keyspace, the a nodetool compact, repeating this for > each node in the cluster. > > > > Then I exported with sstabletojson on one of my CFs and upon examining the > json – all the entries had the tombstone flag true. > > > > This is correct, since all the application processes completed correctly, > and the entries should be removed. > > > > Now for the question: I understood that a nodetool compact would cause the > tombstone entries to be removed, is this true? > > > > Thanks > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and any files attached may contain > confidential and proprietary information of Alcatel-Lucent and/or its > affiliated entities. Access by the intended recipient only is authorized. > Any liability arising from any party acting, or refraining from acting, on > any information contained in this e-mail is hereby excluded. If you are not > the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately, destroy the > original transmission and its attachments and do not disclose the contents > to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the > information in any medium. Copyright in this e-mail and any attachments > belongs to Alcatel-Lucent and/or its affiliated entities. -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com
