mck created CASSANDRA-9591:
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Summary: Scrub (recover) sstables even when -Index.db is missing
Key: CASSANDRA-9591
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-9591
Project: Cassandra
Issue Type: Improvement
Reporter: mck
Assignee: mck
Today SSTableReader needs at minimum 3 files to load an sstable:
- -Data.db
- -CompressionInfo.db
- -Index.db
But during the scrub process the -Index.db file isn't actually necessary,
unless there's corruption in the -Data.db and we want to be able to skip over
corrupted rows. Given that there is still a fair chance that there's nothing
wrong with the -Data.db file and we're just missing the -Index.db file this
patch addresses that situation.
So the following patch makes it possible for the StandaloneScrubber
(sstablescrub) to recover sstables despite missing -Index.db files.
This can happen from a catastrophic incident where data directories have been
lost and/or corrupted, or wiped and the backup not healthy. I'm aware that
normally one depends on replicas or snapshots to avoid such situations, but
such catastrophic incidents do occur in the wild.
I have not tested this patch against normal c* operations and all the other
(more critical) ways SSTableReader is used. i'll happily do that and add the
needed units tests if people see merit in accepting the patch.
Otherwise the patch can live with the issue, in-case anyone else needs it. I've
uploaded a cassandra distribution bundled with the patch as well to make life a
little easier for anyone finding themselves in such a bad situation.
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