How the delta is computed in incremental backup to fetch the data? Is it based on the timestamp. Especially suppose a compaction is done, then a flush is happened and then a incremental backup happened. In this case how cassandra fetches the delta.
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Hi Jyothi,
Cassandra will use timestamp comparison to determine the delta between incremental backups.
You can read more here:
https://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/cassandra/operating/backups.html#incremental-backups
Let us know if you have any other questions.
Incremental backups in Cassandra are not the same as traditional server backups -- it is not a "delta" backup.
In Cassandra, incremental backups are continuous and ongoing. Snapshots are taken of newly created SSTables every time memtables get flushed to disk. There is no concept of delta since it continually takes place in the background every time there are new SSTables. Cheers!
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