Re: running compaction from a machine outside the cluster

2011-04-05 Thread sridhar basam
If you can reach your jmx ip/port, you can use any jmx client to start a compaction. Use jconsole to connect to your jmx ip/port and then navigate to mbeans->org.apache.cassandra.db->columnfamilies-> ->operations Underneath there you can invoke a bunch of methods including compaction. Sridha

Re: running compaction from a machine outside the cluster

2011-04-05 Thread Peter Schuller
> Is there a way I can run compaction on the cassandra cluster from a > machine where cassandra is not installed.I have a cluster of 6 machines > but I want to run compaction on them from a different machine which does not > have cassandra installed. "nodetool -h your-remote-host compact"

running compaction from a machine outside the cluster

2011-04-05 Thread Anurag Gujral
Hi All, Is there a way I can run compaction on the cassandra cluster from a machine where cassandra is not installed.I have a cluster of 6 machines but I want to run compaction on them from a different machine which does not have cassandra installed. Thanks Anurag