Send through some examples (and any errors)? Sounds like the file might be corrupt. Not that there's much you can do about that. You can try stopping C*, deleting the file, then starting C* again. You'll have to repair, assuming you haven't repaired already since that hint file was created.
On 18 June 2018 at 13:56, learner dba <cassandra...@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote: > Yes Kurt, system log is flooded with hints sent and replayed messages. > > On Monday, June 18, 2018, 7:30:34 AM EDT, kurt greaves < > k...@instaclustr.com> wrote: > > > Not sure what to make of that. Are there any log messages regarding the > file and replaying hints? Sounds like maybe it's corrupt (although not sure > why it keeps getting rewritten). > > On 14 June 2018 at 13:19, Nitan Kainth <nitankai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Kurt, > > Hint file matches UUID matches with another node in the cluster: > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6848246 May 13 23:37 1b694180-210a-4b75-8f2a- > 748f4a5b6a3d-1526254645089-1. hints > > /opt/cassandra/bin/nodetool status |grep 1b694180 > > UN x.x.x. 23.77 GiB 256 ? 1b694180-210a-4b75-8f2a- > 748f4a5b6a3d RAC1 > > > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2018 at 12:45 AM, kurt greaves <k...@instaclustr.com> > wrote: > > Does the UUID on the filename correspond with a UUID in nodetool status? > > Sounds to me like it could be something weird with an old node that no > longer exists, although hints for old nodes are meant to be cleaned up. > > On 14 June 2018 at 01:54, Nitan Kainth <nitankai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Kurt, > > No node is down for months. And yes, I am surprised to look at Unix > timestamp on files. > > > > On Jun 13, 2018, at 6:41 PM, kurt greaves <k...@instaclustr.com> wrote: > > system.hints is not used in Cassandra 3. Can't explain the files though, > are you referring to the files timestamp or the Unix timestamp in the file > name? Is there a node that's been down for several months? > > On Wed., 13 Jun. 2018, 23:41 Nitan Kainth, <nitankai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I observed a strange behavior about stored hints. > > Time stamp of hints file shows several months old. I deleted them and saw > new hints files created with same old date. Why is that? > > Also, I see hints files on disk but if I query system.hints table, it > shows 0 rows. Why system.hints is not populated? > > Version 3.11-1 > > > > >
