The data does get removed as soon as possible (as soon as it is compacted with the tombstone that is).
-- Sylvain On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Hiller, Dean <dean.hil...@nrel.gov> wrote: > My understanding is any time from that node. Another node may have a > different existing value and tombstone vs. that existing data(most recent > timestamp wins). Ie. The data is not needed on that node so compaction > should be getting rid of it, but I never confirmed thisŠ.I hope you get > confirmation. > > Dean > > On 10/22/12 10:43 AM, "B. Todd Burruss" <bto...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>if a node, X, has a tombstone marking deleted data, when can node X >>remove the data - not the tombstone, but the data? i understand the >>tombstone cannot be removed until GCGraceSeconds has passed, but it >>seems the data could be compacted away at any time. >
