It's a mix in 0.6 unfortunately. For 0.7 all have been converted to blocking.
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Jeremy Davis <jerdavis.cassan...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com