Re: Replacing a dead node in Cassandra 2.0.8

2014-08-25 Thread tsi
I read some additional threads concerning outdated snapshots and deleted data so if the VM snapshot is older than gc_grace_seconds I suppose that data deleted meanwhile for which the tombstones have been removed would come back to life again if I just restore the VM from a snapshot being older

Re: Replacing a dead node in Cassandra 2.0.8

2014-08-13 Thread tsi
OK, now supposing Cassandra is run in a VM that crashes and I restore it from a snapshot done some time ago. Data is stored redundantly (replication factor 3) and I'm using consistency level QUORUM for reads and writes. That means no data should be lost as the latest data will at least be stored

Replacing a dead node in Cassandra 2.0.8

2014-08-12 Thread tsi
In the datastax documentation there is a description how to replace a dead node (http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/operations/ops_replace_node_t.html). Is the replace_address option required even if the IP address of the new node is the same as the original one (I read

Re: Replacing a dead node in Cassandra 2.0.8

2014-08-12 Thread Robert Coli
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:33 AM, tsi thorsten.s...@t-systems.com wrote: In the datastax documentation there is a description how to replace a dead node ( http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/operations/ops_replace_node_t.html ). Is the replace_address option