Ahh, yes, 'compaction'. I blanked out while mentioning repair and cleanup. That is in fact what needs to be done first and what I meant. Thanks Robert.
Regards, Shahab On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Ravikumar Govindarajan < > ravikumar.govindara...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> What is the quick way to delete old-data and at the same time make sure >> read [doesn't] churn through all deleted columns? >> > > Use a database that isn't log structured? > > But seriously, in 2.0 there's this : > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5514 > > Which allows for timestamp hints at query time. > > And... > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5228 > > Which does compaction expiration of entire SSTables based on TTL. > > =Rob > >
