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Benedict commented on CASSANDRA-6696:
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One possibility here is that we could split bloom filter and metadata onto a
separate disk to their data files, so that if/when a disk fails we have the
option of scrubbing any records on the remaining disks that we think were
present on the lost disk in a file with min_timestamp < gc_grace_seconds ago.
Once we've done the scrub (in fact it could probably be "done" instantly by
just setting up some filter for compaction + reads until we're fully repaired
and have compacted the old data) we can start serving reads again, and can
start a repair from the other nodes to receive data for all of the records
we're now missing (either through the missing disk or that we're forcefully
trashing).
> Drive replacement in JBOD can cause data to reappear.
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> Key: CASSANDRA-6696
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-6696
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: sankalp kohli
> Priority: Minor
>
> In JBOD, when someone gets a bad drive, the bad drive is replaced with a new
> empty one and repair is run.
> This can cause deleted data to come back in some cases. Also this is true for
> corrupt stables in which we delete the corrupt stable and run repair.
> Here is an example:
> Say we have 3 nodes A,B and C and RF=3 and GC grace=10days.
> row=sankalp col=sankalp is written 20 days back and successfully went to all
> three nodes.
> Then a delete/tombstone was written successfully for the same row column 15
> days back.
> Since this tombstone is more than gc grace, it got compacted in Nodes A and B
> since it got compacted with the actual data. So there is no trace of this row
> column in node A and B.
> Now in node C, say the original data is in drive1 and tombstone is in drive2.
> Compaction has not yet reclaimed the data and tombstone.
> Drive2 becomes corrupt and was replaced with new empty drive.
> Due to the replacement, the tombstone in now gone and row=sankalp col=sankalp
> has come back to life.
> Now after replacing the drive we run repair. This data will be propagated to
> all nodes.
> Note: This is still a problem even if we run repair every gc grace.
>
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