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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:55:14 +0200
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Subject: Re: how to delete data
From: Ran Tavory <rantav@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Ellis <jbellis@gmail.com>
Cc: user@cassandra.apache.org
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I'm willing to give it a try.
Where do I start, except for applying the patch in the bug?

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Jonathan Ellis <jbellis@gmail.com> wrote:

> Currently there is no good way to do this.  We're planning to add
> "truncate" support in
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-531, let me know if
> you want to work on that. :)
>
> -Jonathan
>
> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Ran Tavory <rantav@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What's the recommended way to delete data?
> > For example, I want to wipe out an entire column family data from disk
> with
> > minimal effort.
> > I could:
> >
> > stop all hosts in the cluster
> > restart them until they finish playing commit logs
> > stop them again
> > delete all CF related files in my data directory at every node
> > start cluster again
> > ... but this is tedious. is there a nicer way?
> >
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I&#39;m willing to give it a try.=C2=A0<div>Where do I sta=
rt, except for applying the patch in the bug?<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote">On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Jonathan Ellis <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:jbellis@gmail.com">jbellis@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote=
:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Currently there is no good way to do this. =
=C2=A0We&#39;re planning to add<br>
&quot;truncate&quot; support in<br>
<a href=3D"https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-531" target=3D"_=
blank">https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-531</a>, let me know=
 if<br>
you want to work on that. :)<br>
<font color=3D"#888888"><br>
-Jonathan<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Ran Tavory &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rantav@gm=
ail.com">rantav@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; What&#39;s the recommended way to delete data?<br>
&gt; For example, I want to wipe out an entire column family data from disk=
 with<br>
&gt; minimal effort.<br>
&gt; I could:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; stop all hosts in the cluster<br>
&gt; restart them until they finish playing commit logs<br>
&gt; stop them again<br>
&gt; delete all CF related files in my data directory at every node<br>
&gt; start cluster again<br>
&gt; ... but this is tedious. is there a nicer way?<br>
&gt;<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div>

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