You can cross check the load with the SSTable Live metric for each CF in nodetool cfstats.
Can you also double check what you are seeing on disk ? (sorry got to ask :) ) Finally compare du -h and df -h to make sure they match. (Sure they will, just a simple way to check disk usage makes sense). Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 16/01/2012, at 11:04 PM, Michael Vaknine wrote: > Hi, > > I have a 4 nodes cluster 1.0.3 version > > This is what I get when I run nodetool ring > > Address DC Rack Status State Load Owns > Token > > 127605887595351923798765477786913079296 > 10.8.193.87 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 46.47 GB 25.00% > 0 > 10.5.7.76 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 48.01 GB 25.00% > 42535295865117307932921825928971026432 > 10.8.189.197 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 53.7 GB 25.00% > 85070591730234615865843651857942052864 > 10.5.3.17 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 43.49 GB 25.00% > 127605887595351923798765477786913079296 > > I have finished running repair on all 4 nodes. > > I have less then 10 GB on the /var/lib/cassandra/data/ folders > > My question is Why nodetool reports almost 50 GB on each node? > > Thanks > Michael
