nodetool drain
Drains the node.
Drains the node.
Synopsis
install_location/bin/nodetool <options> drain
Short | Long | Description |
---|---|---|
-h |
--host |
Hostname or IP address. |
-p |
--port |
Port number. |
-pwf |
--password-file |
Password file path. |
-pw |
--password |
Password. |
-u |
--username |
Remote JMX agent username. |
-- |
Separates an option from an argument that could be mistaken for a option. |
Description
Flushes all memtables from the node to SSTables on disk. DataStax Distribution of Apache Cassandra™ (DDAC) stops listening for connections from the client and other nodes. You need to restart Cassandra after running nodetool drain. To simply flush memtables to disk, use nodetool flush.