Hey Jeff, I think this article addresses your question: http://spyced.blogspot.com/2010/02/distributed-deletes-in-cassandra.html
-Greg On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 10:14 PM, Jeff Zhang <zjf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I use the thrift api to remove one key, and then use the > get_range_slices to get all the keys and find that the key which I > deleted is still there. I refer to the thrift api doc which says > get_range_slices will apply to all the keys including the deleted > keys. So my question is how can I delete one key permanently, my guess > is that cassandra won't delete the key at once just mark the deleted > keys. So when will cassandra do the real deletion operation? > > > -- > Best Regards > > Jeff Zhang >
