On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 12:18 PM, ng <pipeli...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I need to make sure that all the data in sstable before taking the > snapshot. > > I am thinking of > nodetool cleanup >
Cleanup does nothing but waste i/o if you have not recently added, removed, or replaced nodes. > nodetool repair > Repair cannot actually close the consistency window while writes are incoming, it can only shorten it. > nodetool flush > nodetool snapshot > > Am I missing anything else? > Your requirement seems a bit confused. If your goal is to close the consistency window, it's impossible without turning off writes or writing everything at CL.ALL. If your goal is not to do that, the above "flush" is unnecessary. Also, if I recall correctly, "snapshot" flushes as part of the snapshot process, so it's redundant. Most people rely on replication + backups to make the consistency window short enough that they don't care too much about "making sure all the data in sstable before taking snapshot." =Rob
