In current 0.6.1, after a long time of compation, the old SSTable files are still there, with the mark of "CFName-id-Compacted" zero sized file.
Whey not delete them immediately? What is the policy in 0.6.1? See following examples. -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-1263-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 3643422558 May 11 12:21 LZO-1263-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 939685 May 11 12:21 LZO-1263-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 12:21 LZO-1263-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-1597-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 2365082186 May 11 14:49 LZO-1597-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 751765 May 11 14:49 LZO-1597-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 14:49 LZO-1597-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-1614-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 31064427729 May 11 16:42 LZO-1614-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 751765 May 11 16:42 LZO-1614-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 16:42 LZO-1614-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-1879-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 3536115771 May 11 17:29 LZO-1879-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 751765 May 11 17:29 LZO-1879-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 17:29 LZO-1879-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-2049-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 7910248440 May 11 19:17 LZO-2049-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 1691365 May 11 19:17 LZO-2049-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 19:17 LZO-2049-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-2169-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 417646680 May 11 19:56 LZO-2169-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 2500645 May 11 19:56 LZO-2169-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 19:56 LZO-2169-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-2184-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 3485810361 May 11 20:08 LZO-2184-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 751765 May 11 20:08 LZO-2184-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 20:08 LZO-2184-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-2188-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 663325064 May 11 20:10 LZO-2188-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 751765 May 11 20:10 LZO-2188-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 20:10 LZO-2188-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 0 May 11 23:35 LZO-2189-Compacted -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 29651624 May 11 20:09 LZO-2189-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 114789 May 11 20:09 LZO-2189-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 3691960 May 11 20:09 LZO-2189-Index.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 52910891687 May 11 23:35 LZO-2190-Data.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 1618405 May 11 23:35 LZO-2190-Filter.db -rw-rw-r-- 1 cassandra cassandra 6034764 May 11 23:35 LZO-2190-Index.db
