On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Juan Manuel Formoso <jform...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Thanks! But, shouldn't I be able to just stop Cassandra, copy the files, > change the config and restart? Why should I drain? If you drain, you reduce to zero the chance of having some problem with the SSTables flushed as a result of the restart. However you are correct that you probably do not "need" to do so... :D =Rob