> It's no longer recommended to run nodetool compact regularly as it can mean > that some tombstones do not get to be purged for a very long time.
I think this is a mis-typing; it used to be that major compactions were necessary to remove tombstones, but this is no longer the case in 0.7 so that the need for major compactions is significantly lessened or even eliminated. However, running major compactions won't cause tombstones *not* to be removed; it's just not required *in order* for them to be removed. -- / Peter Schuller
