As of 0.8.0, is it possible to take a Cassandra snapshot to a different volume (like a EBS volume dedicated for backups)?
About a year ago, Jonathan Ellis said that this won't be implemented b/c snapshots are basically hard links: http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cassandra-commits/201002.mbox/%3c821546961.221891265939548009.javamail.j...@brutus.apache.org%3E But I don't fully understand that. If a snapshot is just a hardlink, won't the snapshot also change as new data is written to the SSTables? - Sameer
