Read this http://www.datastax.com/dev/blog/atomic-batches-in-cassandra-1-2
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Andrey Ilinykh <ailin...@gmail.com> wrote: > It depends on cassandra version. As far as I know in 1.2 coordinator logs > request before it updates replicas. If it fails it will replay log on > startup. > In 1.1 you may have inconsistant state, because only part of your request > is propagated to replicas. > > Thank you, > Andrey > > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Jiaan Zeng <ji...@bloomreach.com> wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I am writing data to Cassandra by thrift client (not hector) and >> wonder what happen if the coordinator node fails. The same question >> applies for bulk loader which uses gossip protocol instead of thrift >> protocol. In my understanding, the HintedHandoff only takes care of >> the replica node fails. >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Jiaan >> > >