Is this page incorrect then and needs to be updated or am I interpreting it incorrectly ?
http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/dml/dml_about_deletes_c.html Particularly this sentence "After data is marked with a tombstone, the data is automatically removed during the normal compaction and repair processes" Rahul > On Nov 17, 2014, at 6:57 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Rahul Neelakantan <ra...@rahul.be> wrote: >> Doesn't repair also get rid of tombstones? > > Repair is a non-destructive activity, and therefore cannot purge tombstones. > > =Rob >