This is normal although time seems on the higher side. Adjusting the IndexInterval should effect the sampling time.
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 1:32 PM, sj.climber <sj.clim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have 2 column families with approx 50 GB of compressed data (~150GB > uncompressed). The data resides in a keyspace replicated 2-way, hosted by a > 2-node Cassandra cluster (v1.0.8), both with 74GB RAM and 16 cores. Key > caches are set to 1.0. > > I'm noticing that it can take upwards of 15+ minutes for the node to start > up (i.e. before it becomes responsive to thrift clients). During this time, > the logs suggest the system is blocked opening the data files. > > Is this expected behaviour? Are there any best practices for reducing node > startup time? > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > View this message in context: > http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Long-start-up-times-tp7468307p7468307.html > Sent from the cassandra-u...@incubator.apache.org mailing list archive at > Nabble.com.
