Our use case requires Column TTL, not CF TTL, because it is variable, not constant.
Best regards/ Pagarbiai Viktor Jevdokimov Senior Developer Email: viktor.jevdoki...@adform.com Phone: +370 5 212 3063 Fax: +370 5 261 0453 J. Jasinskio 16C, LT-01112 Vilnius, Lithuania Disclaimer: The information contained in this message and attachments is intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee and may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are reminded that the information remains the property of the sender. You must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender immediately and irrevocably delete this message and any copies.-----Original Message----- From: Radim Kolar [mailto:h...@filez.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:57 To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: size tiered compaction - improvement > Any compaction pass over A will first convert the TTL data into tombstones. > > Then, any subsequent pass that includes A *and all other sstables > containing rows with the same key* will drop the tombstones. thats why i proposed to attach TTL to entire CF. Tombstones would not be needed