Sounds like this: "SSTables that are obsoleted by a compaction are deleted asynchronously when the JVM performs a GC. You can force a GC from jconsole if necessary, but Cassandra will force one itself if it detects that it is low on space. A compaction marker is also added to obsolete sstables so they can be deleted on startup if the server does not perform a GC before being restarted. "
http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/MemtableSSTable On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Arie Keren <a...@doubleverify.com> wrote: > After performing "nodetool compact" command the disk usage was doubled. > > nodetool info reports that the load is 74G (same as before compaction) while > the size of the data folder on disk is 133GB (was about 74G before > compaction). > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature > database 4628 (20091122) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com
