Yes, those SSTable files has "compacted" tag. Those with compacted tag have size 0, so disk space is not an issue.
However, the matching Filter, Index, Statistics files were not removed, either. So I ended up with tons of file under data directory although they not using much space. I'm running cassandra 0.7-rc2. Red Hat Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 SUN JDK java version "1.6.0_22" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03, mixed mode) Regards, Chen On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@digg.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Ching-Cheng Chen > <cc...@evidentsoftware.com> wrote: > > > I performed a nodetool compact, all went good and finished. All column > > family now only have one big live SSTable file. > > Then I use jconsole to force a GC, but those old SSTable files still not > > getting deleted. I thought this should trigger a deletion for those > > SSTable files maked for delete. > > Which old SSTable files, specifically? > > Does their name include the tag "compacted"? > > And what version of cassandra are you running in what environment? > > =Rob >
