Thank you. To sum up, to free up and discard a commit log - flush all. So higher timeout for truncate will/should work.
2012/3/6 aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> > Truncate uses RPC timeout, which is in my case set to 10 seconds (I want > even less) and it's not enough. I've seen in sources TODO for this case. > > created > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-4006 > > Is it possible to flush only required CF for truncate, not all? This could > improve truncate time. > > see code comments here > https://github.com/apache/cassandra/blob/trunk/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/db/ColumnFamilyStore.java#L1681 > > AFAIK truncate is not considered a regular operation. (All nodes must be > online for example) > > Cheers > > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > Freelance Developer > @aaronmorton > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 7/03/2012, at 1:34 AM, Viktor Jevdokimov wrote: > > Hello, > > Truncate uses RPC timeout, which is in my case set to 10 seconds (I want > even less) and it's not enough. I've seen in sources TODO for this case. > > What I found is that truncate starting flush for all memtables for all > CFs, not only for a CF to be truncated. When there're a lot of CFs to be > flushed, it takes time. > > Is it possible to flush only required CF for truncate, not all? This could > improve truncate time. > > > Best regards, > Viktor > > > >