I tried looking through the source to see if the log statements would happen regardless but it doesn't look like it. Also I looked at one of the nodes via jmx and checked out the System.HintsColumnFamily and there is activity there. So I created a ticket: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3176
On Sep 10, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Jeremy Hanna wrote: > INFO [HintedHandoff:1] 2011-09-10 22:41:40,813 HintedHandOffManager.java > (line 323) Started hinted handoff for endpoint /10.1.2.3 > INFO [HintedHandoff:1] 2011-09-10 22:41:40,813 HintedHandOffManager.java > (line 379) Finished hinted handoff of 0 rows to endpoint /10.1.2.3 > INFO [HintedHandoff:1] 2011-09-10 22:41:45,025 HintedHandOffManager.java > (line 323) Started hinted handoff for endpoint /10.2.3.4 > INFO [HintedHandoff:1] 2011-09-10 22:41:45,026 HintedHandOffManager.java > (line 379) Finished hinted handoff of 0 rows to endpoint /10.2.3.4 > INFO [HintedHandoff:1] 2011-09-10 22:42:10,017 HintedHandOffManager.java > (line 323) Started hinted handoff for endpoint /10.3.4.5 > INFO [HintedHandoff:1] 2011-09-10 22:42:10,017 HintedHandOffManager.java > (line 379) Finished hinted handoff of 0 rows to endpoint /10.3.4.5