On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:37:14 -0600 Ted Zlatanov <t...@lifelogs.com> wrote:
TZ> You're probably right, though I don't see a better way and don't TZ> understand what makes this one problematic. I thought it would at least TZ> let the cluster keep serving read requests while settling into a steady TZ> state. OK, let me restate the question, since I think I should be clear in what I'm trying to accomplish. I want a consistent backup. Is following http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations (section "Backups") sufficient? Is there a danger that uncomitted data will not be captured? If so, what can I do (avoiding, if possible, a cluster shutdown) to get a consistent view of the data? I'm asking on the developer list to keep the thread in the same place but this is probably a user-level question. Ted
