On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 11:28 AM, aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> wrote: >> If hints are being stored, doesn't that imply DOWN nodes, and why don't I >> see that in the logs? > > Hints are stored for two reasons. First if the node is down when the write > request starts, second if the node does not reply to the coordinator before > rpc_timeout. If you are not seeing dropped write messages it may indicate > network issues between the nodes.
Very helpful! I increased the timeouts for *_request_timeout settings in cassandra.yaml and no longer see HH in the logs. Still not sure why I saw logs about dropped reads, and not dropped mutations. Anyhow, big timeouts helps in this case. Thanks :) Dane
