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<h1 class="page">Hints</h1>
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<p>Hinting is a data repair technique applied during write operations. When
replica nodes are unavailable to accept a mutation, either due to
failure or more commonly routine maintenance, coordinators attempting to
write to those replicas store temporary hints on their local filesystem
for later application to the unavailable replica. Hints are an important
way to help reduce the duration of data inconsistency. Coordinators
replay hints quickly after unavailable replica nodes return to the ring.
Hints are best effort, however, and do not guarantee eventual
consistency like <a href="repair.html" class="page"><code>anti-entropy repair</code></a> does.</p>
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<p>Hints are useful because of how Apache Cassandra replicates data to
provide fault tolerance, high availability and durability. Cassandra
<a href="../../architecture/dynamo.html#consistent-hashing-using-a-token-ring" class="page"><code>partitions data across the cluster</code></a> using
consistent hashing, and then replicates keys to multiple nodes along the
hash ring. To guarantee availability, all replicas of a key can accept
mutations without consensus, but this means it is possible for some
replicas to accept a mutation while others do not. When this happens an
inconsistency is introduced.</p>
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<p>Hints are one of the three ways, in addition to read-repair and
full/incremental anti-entropy repair, that Cassandra implements the
eventual consistency guarantee that all updates are eventually received
by all replicas. Hints, like read-repair, are best effort and not an
alternative to performing full repair, but they do help reduce the
duration of inconsistency between replicas in practice.</p>
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<h2 id="hinted-handoff"><a class="anchor" href="#hinted-handoff"></a>Hinted Handoff</h2>
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<p>Hinted handoff is the process by which Cassandra applies hints to
unavailable nodes.</p>
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<p>For example, consider a mutation is to be made at <code>Consistency Level</code>
<code>LOCAL_QUORUM</code> against a keyspace with <code>Replication Factor</code> of <code>3</code>.
Normally the client sends the mutation to a single coordinator, who then
sends the mutation to all three replicas, and when two of the three
replicas acknowledge the mutation the coordinator responds successfully
to the client. If a replica node is unavailable, however, the
coordinator stores a hint locally to the filesystem for later
application. New hints will be retained for up to
<code>max_hint_windowin_ms</code> of downtime (defaults to <code>3 h</code>). If the
unavailable replica does return to the cluster before the window
expires, the coordinator applies any pending hinted mutations against
the replica to ensure that eventual consistency is maintained.</p>
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<p>(<code>t0</code>): The write is sent by the client, and the coordinator sends it
to the three replicas. Unfortunately <code>replica_2</code> is restarting and
cannot receive the mutation.</p>
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<li>
<p>(<code>t1</code>): The client receives a quorum acknowledgement from the
coordinator. At this point the client believe the write to be durable
and visible to reads (which it is).</p>
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<li>
<p>(<code>t2</code>): After the write timeout (default <code>2s</code>), the coordinator
decides that <code>replica_2</code> is unavailable and stores a hint to its local
disk.</p>
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<li>
<p>(<code>t3</code>): Later, when <code>replica_2</code> starts back up it sends a gossip
message to all nodes, including the coordinator.</p>
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<li>
<p>(<code>t4</code>): The coordinator replays hints including the missed mutation
against <code>replica_2</code>.</p>
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</ul>
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<p>If the node does not return in time, the destination replica will be
permanently out of sync until either read-repair or full/incremental
anti-entropy repair propagates the mutation.</p>
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<h3 id="application-of-hints"><a class="anchor" href="#application-of-hints"></a>Application of Hints</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Hints are streamed in bulk, a segment at a time, to the target replica
node and the target node replays them locally. After the target node has
replayed a segment it deletes the segment and receives the next segment.
This continues until all hints are drained.</p>
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<h3 id="storage-of-hints-on-disk"><a class="anchor" href="#storage-of-hints-on-disk"></a>Storage of Hints on Disk</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Hints are stored in flat files in the coordinator node’s
<code>$CASSANDRA_HOME/data/hints</code> directory. A hint includes a hint id, the
target replica node on which the mutation is meant to be stored, the
serialized mutation (stored as a blob) that couldn&#8217;t be delivered to the
replica node, the mutation timestamp, and the Cassandra version used to
serialize the mutation. By default hints are compressed using
<code>LZ4Compressor</code>. Multiple hints are appended to the same hints file.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Since hints contain the original unmodified mutation timestamp, hint
application is idempotent and cannot overwrite a future mutation.</p>
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<h3 id="hints-for-timed-out-write-requests"><a class="anchor" href="#hints-for-timed-out-write-requests"></a>Hints for Timed Out Write Requests</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Hints are also stored for write requests that time out. The
<code>write_request_timeout</code> setting in <code>cassandra.yaml</code> configures the
timeout for write requests.</p>
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<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code class="language-none hljs" data-lang="none">write_request_timeout: 2000ms</code></pre>
</div>
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<p>The coordinator waits for the configured amount of time for write
requests to complete, at which point it will time out and generate a
hint for the timed out request. The lowest acceptable value for
<code>write_request_timeout</code> is 10 ms.</p>
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<h2 id="configuring-hints"><a class="anchor" href="#configuring-hints"></a>Configuring Hints</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Hints are enabled by default as they are critical for data consistency.
The <code>cassandra.yaml</code> configuration file provides several settings for
configuring hints:</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Table 1. Settings for Hints</p>
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<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Setting</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Description</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Default Value</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>hinted_handoff_enabled</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Enables/Disables hinted handoffs</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>true</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>hinted_handoff_disabled_datacenters</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><div class="content"><div class="paragraph">
<p>A list of data centers that do not perform hinted handoffs even when
handoff is otherwise enabled. Example:</p>
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<pre class="highlightjs highlight"><code class="language-yaml hljs" data-lang="yaml">hinted_handoff_disabled_datacenters:
- DC1
- DC2</code></pre>
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</div></div></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>unset</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>max_hint_window</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Defines the maximum amount of time a node
shall have hints generated after it has failed.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>3h</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>hinted_handoff_throttle</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Maximum throttle in KiBs per second,
per delivery thread. This will be reduced proportionally to the number
of nodes in the cluster. (If there are two nodes in the cluster, each
delivery thread will use the maximum rate; if there are 3, each will
throttle to half of the maximum,since it is expected for two nodes to be
delivering hints simultaneously.)</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>1024KiB</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>max_hints_delivery_threads</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Number of threads with which to deliver
hints; Consider increasing this number when you have multi-dc
deployments, since cross-dc handoff tends to be slower</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>2</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>hints_directory</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Directory where Cassandra stores hints.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>$CASSANDRA_HOME/data/hints</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>hints_flush_period</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">How often hints should be flushed from the
internal buffers to disk. Will <em>not</em> trigger fsync.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>10000ms</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">`max_hints_file_size</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Maximum size for a single hints file, in
megabytes.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>128MiB</code></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>hints_compression</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Compression to apply to the hint files. If
omitted, hints files will be written uncompressed. LZ4, Snappy, and
Deflate compressors are supported.</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>LZ4Compressor</code></p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
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<h2 id="configuring-hints-at-runtime-with-nodetool"><a class="anchor" href="#configuring-hints-at-runtime-with-nodetool"></a>Configuring Hints at Runtime with <code>nodetool</code></h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p><code>nodetool</code> provides several commands for configuring hints or getting
hints related information. The nodetool commands override the
corresponding settings if any in <code>cassandra.yaml</code> for the node running
the command.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Table 2. Nodetool Commands for Hints</p>
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<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Command</th>
<th class="tableblock halign-left valign-top">Description</th>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool disablehandoff</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Disables storing and delivering hints</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool disablehintsfordc</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Disables storing and delivering hints to
a data center</p></td>
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<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool enablehandoff</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Re-enables future hints storing and delivery
on the current node</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool enablehintsfordc</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Enables hints for a data center that was
previously disabled</p></td>
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<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool getmaxhintwindow</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Prints the max hint window in ms. New in
Cassandra 4.0.</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool handoffwindow</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Prints current hinted handoff window</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool pausehandoff</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Pauses hints delivery process</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool resumehandoff</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Resumes hints delivery process</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool sethintedhandoffthrottlekb</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Sets hinted handoff throttle in
kb per second, per delivery thread</p></td>
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<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool setmaxhintwindow</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Sets the specified max hint window in ms</p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool statushandoff</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Status of storing future hints on the current
node</p></td>
</tr>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock"><code>nodetool truncatehints</code></p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Truncates all hints on the local node, or
truncates hints for the endpoint(s) specified.</p></td>
</tr>
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<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="make-hints-play-faster-at-runtime"><a class="anchor" href="#make-hints-play-faster-at-runtime"></a>Make Hints Play Faster at Runtime</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>The default of <code>1024 kbps</code> handoff throttle is conservative for most
modern networks, and it is entirely possible that in a simple node
restart you may accumulate many gigabytes hints that may take hours to
play back. For example if you are ingesting <code>100 Mbps</code> of data per node,
a single 10 minute long restart will create
<code>10 minutes * (100 megabit / second) ~= 7 GiB</code> of data which at
<code>(1024 KiB / second)</code> would take
<code>7.5 GiB / (1024 KiB / second) = 2.03 hours</code> to play back. The exact
math depends on the load balancing strategy (round robin is better than
token aware), number of tokens per node (more tokens is better than
fewer), and naturally the cluster&#8217;s write rate, but regardless you may
find yourself wanting to increase this throttle at runtime.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>If you find yourself in such a situation, you may consider raising the
<code>hinted_handoff_throttle</code> dynamically via the
<code>nodetool sethintedhandoffthrottlekb</code> command.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="sect2">
<h3 id="allow-a-node-to-be-down-longer-at-runtime"><a class="anchor" href="#allow-a-node-to-be-down-longer-at-runtime"></a>Allow a Node to be Down Longer at Runtime</h3>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Sometimes a node may be down for more than the normal
<code>max_hint_window</code>, (default of three hours), but the hardware and
data itself will still be accessible. In such a case you may consider
raising the <code>max_hint_window</code> dynamically via the
<code>nodetool setmaxhintwindow</code> command added in Cassandra 4.0
(<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-11720">CASSANDRA-11720</a>).
This will instruct Cassandra to continue holding hints for the down
endpoint for a longer amount of time.</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>This command should be applied on all nodes in the cluster that may be
holding hints. If needed, the setting can be applied permanently by
setting the <code>max_hint_window</code> setting in <code>cassandra.yaml</code> followed
by a rolling restart.</p>
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<div class="sect1">
<h2 id="monitoring-hint-delivery"><a class="anchor" href="#monitoring-hint-delivery"></a>Monitoring Hint Delivery</h2>
<div class="sectionbody">
<div class="paragraph">
<p>Cassandra 4.0 adds histograms available to understand how long it takes
to deliver hints which is useful for operators to better identify
problems
(<a href="https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-13234">CASSANDRA-13234</a>).</p>
</div>
<div class="paragraph">
<p>There are also metrics available for tracking
<code>Hinted Handoff &lt;handoff-metrics&gt;</code> and
<code>Hints Service &lt;hintsservice-metrics&gt;</code> metrics.</p>
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