+1 for "nodetool disablegossip && nodetool disablethrift && nodetool disablebinary" (there is a binary protocol now too, port 9042, you might want to disable it as well depending on your clients)
"nodetool enablegossip && nodetool enablethrift && nodetool enablebinary" to come back "online" Cheers 2014-10-13 22:41 GMT+02:00 Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com>: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 12:26 PM, Sholes, Joshua < > joshua_sho...@cable.comcast.com> wrote: > >> I thought setcompactionthroughput just adjusted the compaction speed >> when the server is online? I'm looking for something like a scrub (which >> as far as I know does not do this) that will compat the tables >> appropriately while the Cassandra daemon is down. >> > > Oh, sorry I missed the "offline" detail. No. > > You could bring up the node with join_ring=false and compact, and then > join the ring. But if you really want the node to be isolated, you may need > to disablegossip/disablethrift and/or firewall with iptables for the > duration. > > =Rob > >
