In a cloud environment, cross_node_timeout = true can cause issues; we had this issue in our environment and it is set to false now. Dropped messages is an another issue
Subroto > On Jul 20, 2017, at 8:27 AM, ZAIDI, ASAD A <az1...@att.com> wrote: > > Hello Folks – > > I’m using apache-cassandra 2.2.8. > > I see many messages like below in my system.log file. In Cassandra.yaml file > [ cross_node_timeout: true] is set and NTP server is also running correcting > clock drift on 16node cluster. I do not see pending or blocked HintedHandoff > in tpstats output though there are bunch of MUTATIONS dropped observed. > > <start timeout message > > INFO [ScheduledTasks:1] 2017-07-20 08:02:52,511 MessagingService.java:946 - > MUTATION messages were dropped in last 5000 ms: 822 for internal timeout and > 2152 for cross node timeout > <end timeout message > > > I’m seeking help here if you please let me know what I need to check in order > to address these cross node timeouts. > > Thank you, > Asad >