cassandra.yaml needs a directory_setting ----------------------------------------
Key: CASSANDRA-3453 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-3453 Project: Cassandra Issue Type: Improvement Reporter: Matthew F. Dennis cassandra.yaml really needs a config option for a snapshot directory. by default it should be a peer folder with saved_caches, commitlog and data. assuming the value of that setting is /some/path/snapshot_dir then snapshots would go into: /some/path/snapshot_dir/snapshot_name/keyspace_name/ this makes automation, particularly around backups, much easier and gives more control to ops -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators: https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira