I have a cluster of 8 nodes with a replication factor of 3 and consistency of QUORUM. When I stop one node in the cluster I end up with socket read timeouts to other nodes: org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransportException: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out The timeout is set to 4 seconds.
The recent write latency on the other nodes becomes elevated, reaching 5-6 seconds. The load on the cluster is minimal. I looked at the system log on an adjacent node in the ring and found this output: INFO [WRITE-kv2-app02.dev.real.com/172.27.109.32] 2010-10-12 12:13:36,712 OutboundTcpConnection.java (line 115) error writing to kv2-app02.dev.real.com/172.27.109.32 INFO [WRITE-kv2-app02.dev.real.com/172.27.109.32] 2010-10-12 12:13:50,336 OutboundTcpConnection.java (line 115) error writing to kv2-app02.dev.real.com/172.27.109.32 INFO [Timer-0] 2010-10-12 12:14:22,792 Gossiper.java (line 196) InetAddress /172.27.109.32 is now dead. ERROR [MUTATION_STAGE:1315] 2010-10-12 12:14:24,917 DebuggableThreadPoolExecutor.java (line 103) Error in ThreadPoolExecutor java.nio.BufferUnderflowException at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.get(HeapByteBuffer.java:127) at java.nio.ByteBuffer.get(ByteBuffer.java:675) at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowMutationVerbHandler.doVerb(RowMutationVerbHandler.java:62) at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessageDeliveryTask.run(MessageDeliveryTask.java:50) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) ERROR [MUTATION_STAGE:1315] 2010-10-12 12:14:24,918 AbstractCassandraDaemon.java (line 88) Fatal exception in thread Thread[MUTATION_STAGE:1315,5,main] java.nio.BufferUnderflowException at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.get(HeapByteBuffer.java:127) at java.nio.ByteBuffer.get(ByteBuffer.java:675) at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowMutationVerbHandler.doVerb(RowMutationVerbHandler.java:62) at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessageDeliveryTask.run(MessageDeliveryTask.java:50) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) ERROR [MUTATION_STAGE:1605] 2010-10-12 12:14:28,919 DebuggableThreadPoolExecutor.java (line 103) Error in ThreadPoolExecutor java.nio.BufferUnderflowException at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.get(HeapByteBuffer.java:127) at java.nio.ByteBuffer.get(ByteBuffer.java:675) at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowMutationVerbHandler.doVerb(RowMutationVerbHandler.java:62) at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessageDeliveryTask.run(MessageDeliveryTask.java:50) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619) .... .... I restarted the previously stopped node, and the system recovers, but with a few more underlflow exceptions: INFO [GOSSIP_STAGE:1] 2010-10-12 12:15:44,537 Gossiper.java (line 594) Node /172.27.109.32 has restarted, now UP again INFO [HINTED-HANDOFF-POOL:1] 2010-10-12 12:15:44,537 HintedHandOffManager.java (line 196) Started hinted handoff for endpoint /172.27.109.32 INFO [GOSSIP_STAGE:1] 2010-10-12 12:15:44,537 StorageService.java (line 643) Node /172.27.109.32 state jump to normal INFO [HINTED-HANDOFF-POOL:1] 2010-10-12 12:15:44,538 HintedHandOffManager.java (line 252) Finished hinted handoff of 0 rows to endpoint /172.27.109.32 INFO [GOSSIP_STAGE:1] 2010-10-12 12:15:44,538 StorageService.java (line 650) Will not change my token ownership to /172.27.109.32 ERROR [MUTATION_STAGE:1635] 2010-10-12 12:15:45,083 DebuggableThreadPoolExecutor.java (line 103) Error in ThreadPoolExecutor java.nio.BufferUnderflowException at java.nio.HeapByteBuffer.get(HeapByteBuffer.java:127) at java.nio.ByteBuffer.get(ByteBuffer.java:675) at org.apache.cassandra.db.RowMutationVerbHandler.doVerb(RowMutationVerbHandler.java:62) at org.apache.cassandra.net.MessageDeliveryTask.run(MessageDeliveryTask.java:50) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)