I found out this is related to schema change. Happens *every time* I create drop and new CF with composite types. As workaround I:
* never stop all nodes together To stop a node: * repair and compact a node before stopping it * stop and start it again * if it started fine good if not, remove all data and restart the node (and wait...) 2012/1/25 aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> > There is someone wrong with the way a composite type value was serialized. > The length of a part on disk is not right. > > As a work around remove the log file, restart and then repair the node. > > How it got like that is another question. What was the schema change ? > > Cheers > > >