On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:25:29 -0600 Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote:
JE> 2010/2/23 Ted Zlatanov <t...@lifelogs.com>: >>>> Can a Cassandra node be made read-only (as far as clients know)? >> JE> no. >> >> Is there value (for reaching consistency) in adding that functionality? JE> No. JE> Thanks for the easy questions today. :) You're welcome. I don't understand why it doesn't help reach consistency, though. If you turn all the nodes in a cluster read-only at the API level, what can make them inconsistent besides inter-node traffic and scheduled writes? I'd assume that activity will die down eventually; can Cassandra tell a monitoring agent through JMX when it is over? Ted
