[CASSANDRA-3452] Create an 'infinite bootstrap' mode for sampling live traffic

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Normal
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.0
• Assignee: Brandon Williams
• Reporter: Brandon Williams

Authors

Brandon Williams

Reviewers

Jonathan Ellis

• Created: 03/Nov/11 20:00
• Updated: 16/Apr/19 09:32
• Resolved: 22/Dec/11 20:25

Description

You may want to, for example, test a new compaction strategy with live traffic to see how it will fare. In this mode, the node would follow the bootstrap procedure as normal, but never fully join the ring.