[CASSANDRA-6719] redesign loadnewsstables

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Low
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.0-alpha1, 4.0
• Component/s: Legacy/Tools
• Labels: lhf
• Assignee: Marcus Eriksson
• Reporter: Jonathan Ellis

Authors

Marcus Eriksson

Reviewers

Jordan West

• Created: 18/Feb/14 17:45
• Updated: 17/Mar/22 00:15
• Resolved: 18/Apr/18 13:12

Description

CFSMBean.loadNewSSTables scans data directories for new sstables dropped there by an external agent. This is dangerous because of possible filename conflicts with existing or newly generated sstables.

Instead, we should support leaving the new sstables in a separate directory (specified by a parameter, or configured as a new location in yaml) and take care of renaming as necessary automagically.

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: CASSANDRA-6245 "nodetool refresh" design is unsafe
• relates to: CASSANDRA-17446 DOC - Update 3.11 Backups page to use nodetool refresh instead of import