On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Charlie Mason <charlie....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I can't do the initial account insert with a TTL as I can't guarantee when > a new value would come along and so replace this account record. However > when I insert the new account record, instead of deleting the old one could > I reinsert it with a TTL of say 1 month. > > How would compaction handle this. Would the original record get compacted > away after 1 month + the GC Grace period or would it hang around still? > Yes, after 1 month + gc_grace, it will be eligible for removal during compaction. Of course, a compaction on that sstable still has to take place before it can be removed. If you're using SizeTieredCompactionStrategy (the default) and have a lot of data, that may take a few more days. -- Tyler Hobbs DataStax <http://datastax.com/>
