Thank you Scott! We installed over on top of 3.11 and it's working fine. Easy non-upgrade path :)
Thanks again, Adam On 2021/07/28 22:49:11, Scott Andreas <sc...@paradoxica.net> wrote: > If you're running Cassandra 3.x, the only data file requirement is that all > SSTables present on your cluster are 3.x-era SSTables. > > This means that you should/should have run upgradesstables at least once on > Cassandra 3.x after upgrading from an earlier release before upgrading to > Cassandra 4.0. This is necessary because Cassandra 4.0 cannot read the legacy > Cassandra 2.x SSTable format. > > In the same vein, it's not necessary to run upgradesstables after upgrading > from Cassandra 3.x to Cassandra 4.0 as 4.0 is able to read 3.x's data format > fine. At a later time in the future, it may be necessary to run > upgradesstables prior to upgrading to confirm there are no 3.x SSTables left > -- but no such post-4.0 SSTable format changes have been proposed yet. > > ________________________________________ > From: Adam Scott <adam.c.sc...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 2:58 PM > To: user@cassandra.apache.org > Subject: Re: [RELEASE] Apache Cassandra 4.0.0 released > > Thanks Brandon! > > Anyone know the upgrade path from 3.x? > https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/getting_started/installing.html > Doesn't look like it has specific upgrade instructions. > > For instance do we need to run nodetool upgradesstables? > > TIA > > > On 2021/07/26 20:03:59, Brandon Williams <dri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Cassandra team is pleased to announce the release of Apache > > Cassandra version 4.0.0. > > > > Apache Cassandra is a fully distributed database. It is the right > > choice when you need scalability and high availability without > > compromising performance. > > > > http://cassandra.apache.org/ > > > > Downloads of source and binary distributions are available in our > > download section: > > > > http://cassandra.apache.org/download/ > > > > This version is the initial release in the 4.0 series. As always, > > please pay attention to the release notes[2] and Let us know[3] if you > > were to encounter any problem. > > > > Enjoy! > > > > [1]: CHANGES.txt > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=CHANGES.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-4.0.0 > > [2]: NEWS.txt > > https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS.txt;hb=refs/tags/cassandra-4.0.0 > > [3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA > > >
