Thanks for input, Rob. Just making sure, is "older version" the same as "less than version 2"?
On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 2:52 AM, Jens Rantil <jens.ran...@tink.se> wrote: >> Since repair is a slow and daunting process*, I am considering increasing >> max_hint_window_in_ms from its default value of one (1) hour to something >> like 24-48 hours. >> ... >> Are there any other implications of making this change that I haven’t >> thought of? >> > Not really, though 24-48 hours of hints could be an awful lot of hints. I > personally run with at least a 6 hour max_h_w_i_m. > In older versions of Cassandra, 24-48 hours of hints could hose your node > via ineffective constant compaction. > =Rob
