hi, sometimes we have the problem that we have hinted handoffs (for example because auf network problems between 2 DCs) that do not get processed even if the connection problem between the dcs recovers. Some of the files stay in the hints directory until we restart the node that contains the hints.
after the restart of cassandra we can see the proper messages for the hints handling Apr 11 09:28:56 bigd006 cassandra: INFO 07:28:56 Deleted hint file c429ad19-ee9f-4b5a-abcd-1da1516d1003-1491895717182-1.hints Apr 11 09:28:56 bigd006 cassandra: INFO 07:28:56 Finished hinted handoff of file c429ad19-ee9f-4b5a-abcd-1da1516d1003-1491895717182- 1.hints to endpoint c429ad19-ee9f-4b5a-abcd-1da1516d1003 is there a way (for example via jmx) to force a node to process outstanding hints instead of restarting the node? does anyone know whats the cause for not retrying to process those hints automatically? br, roland
