Ok, cool. I thought all the nodetool commands were non blocking. Thanks, -JD
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > snapshot blocks until it's finished. it's just fast. :) > > On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Jeremy Davis > <jerdavis.cassan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Since "nodetool snapshot" returns immediately, how do I know when the > > snapshot process has completed. When is it safe to start copying/taring > the > > files to back them up elsewhere? > > > > > > > > > > -- > Jonathan Ellis > Project Chair, Apache Cassandra > co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support > http://riptano.com >