http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#range_ghosts
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Carlos Sanchez <carlos.sanc...@riskmetrics.com> wrote: > I have a curious question.. > > I am doing some testing where I insert 500 rows to a super column family and > then delete one row, I make sure the row was indeed deleted > (NotFoundException in the get call) and then I ran a get_range_slices and the > row indeed returned. The shutdown Cassandra and restarted it. I repeated the > test (with inserting the rows) and even though I get the NotFoundException > for that row, the get_rance_slices still returns it. Is this the expected > behavior? How long should I wait before I don't see the row in the > get_range_slices? Do I have to force a flush or change consistency level? > > Thanks, > > Carlos > > This email message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended > recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential information which > may be privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure. Any unauthorized > review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not an > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy the > original message and any copies of the message as well as any attachments to > the original message. >
