Tamar be carefull. Datastax doesn't recommand major compactions in production environnement.
If I got it right, performing major compaction will convert all your SSTables into a big one, improving substantially your reads performence, at least for a while... The problem is that will disable minor compactions too (because of the difference of size between this SSTable and the new ones, if I remeber well). So your reads performance will decrease until your others SSTable reach the size of this big one you've created or until you run an other major compaction, transforming them into a maintenance normal process like repair is. But, knowing that, I still don't know if we both (Tamar and I) shouldn't run it anyway (In my case it will greatly decrease the size of my data 133 GB -> 35GB and maybe load the cluster evenly...) Alain 2012/10/10 B. Todd Burruss <bto...@gmail.com> > it should not have any other impact except increased usage of system > resources. > > and i suppose, cleanup would not have an affect (over normal compaction) > if all nodes contain the same data > > > On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:12 PM, Tamar Fraenkel <ta...@tok-media.com>wrote: > >> Hi! >> Apart from being heavy load (the compact), will it have other effects? >> Also, will cleanup help if I have replication factor = number of nodes? >> Thanks >> >> *Tamar Fraenkel * >> Senior Software Engineer, TOK Media >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> ta...@tok-media.com >> Tel: +972 2 6409736 >> Mob: +972 54 8356490 >> Fax: +972 2 5612956 >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 6:12 PM, B. Todd Burruss <bto...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> major compaction in production is fine, however it is a heavy operation >>> on the node and will take I/O and some CPU. >>> >>> the only time i have seen this happen is when i have changed the tokens >>> in the ring, like "nodetool movetoken". cassandra does not auto-delete >>> data that it doesn't use anymore just in case you want to move the tokens >>> again or otherwise "undo". >>> >>> try "nodetool cleanup" >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Alain RODRIGUEZ <arodr...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Same thing here: >>>> >>>> 2 nodes, RF = 2. RCL = 1, WCL = 1. >>>> Like Tamar I never ran a major compaction and repair once a week each >>>> node. >>>> >>>> 10.59.21.241 eu-west 1b Up Normal 133.02 GB >>>> 50.00% 0 >>>> 10.58.83.109 eu-west 1b Up Normal 98.12 GB >>>> 50.00% 85070591730234615865843651857942052864 >>>> >>>> What phenomena could explain the result above ? >>>> >>>> By the way, I have copy the data and import it in a one node dev >>>> cluster. There I have run a major compaction and the size of my data has >>>> been significantly reduced (to about 32 GB instead of 133 GB). >>>> >>>> How is that possible ? >>>> Do you think that if I run major compaction in both nodes it will >>>> balance the load evenly ? >>>> Should I run major compaction in production ? >>>> >>>> 2012/10/10 Tamar Fraenkel <ta...@tok-media.com> >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> I am re-posting this, now that I have more data and still *unbalanced >>>>> ring*: >>>>> >>>>> 3 nodes, >>>>> RF=3, RCL=WCL=QUORUM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Address DC Rack Status State Load >>>>> Owns Token >>>>> >>>>> 113427455640312821154458202477256070485 >>>>> x.x.x.x us-east 1c Up Normal 24.02 GB >>>>> 33.33% 0 >>>>> y.y.y.y us-east 1c Up Normal 33.45 GB >>>>> 33.33% 56713727820156410577229101238628035242 >>>>> z.z.z.z us-east 1c Up Normal 29.85 GB >>>>> 33.33% 113427455640312821154458202477256070485 >>>>> >>>>> repair runs weekly. >>>>> I don't run nodetool compact as I read that this may cause the minor >>>>> regular compactions not to run and then I will have to run compact >>>>> manually. Is that right? >>>>> >>>>> Any idea if this means something wrong, and if so, how to solve? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> * >>>>> Tamar Fraenkel * >>>>> Senior Software Engineer, TOK Media >>>>> >>>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>>> >>>>> ta...@tok-media.com >>>>> Tel: +972 2 6409736 >>>>> Mob: +972 54 8356490 >>>>> Fax: +972 2 5612956 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Tamar Fraenkel >>>>> <ta...@tok-media.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, I will wait and see as data accumulates. >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> *Tamar Fraenkel * >>>>>> Senior Software Engineer, TOK Media >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>>>> >>>>>> ta...@tok-media.com >>>>>> Tel: +972 2 6409736 >>>>>> Mob: +972 54 8356490 >>>>>> Fax: +972 2 5612956 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:00 AM, R. Verlangen <ro...@us2.nl> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Cassandra is built to store tons and tons of data. In my opinion >>>>>>> roughly ~ 6MB per node is not enough data to allow it to become a fully >>>>>>> balanced cluster. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2012/3/27 Tamar Fraenkel <ta...@tok-media.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This morning I have >>>>>>>> nodetool ring -h localhost >>>>>>>> Address DC Rack Status State Load >>>>>>>> Owns Token >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 113427455640312821154458202477256070485 >>>>>>>> 10.34.158.33 us-east 1c Up Normal 5.78 MB >>>>>>>> 33.33% 0 >>>>>>>> 10.38.175.131 us-east 1c Up Normal 7.23 MB >>>>>>>> 33.33% 56713727820156410577229101238628035242 >>>>>>>> 10.116.83.10 us-east 1c Up Normal 5.02 MB >>>>>>>> 33.33% 113427455640312821154458202477256070485 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Version is 1.0.8. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *Tamar Fraenkel * >>>>>>>> Senior Software Engineer, TOK Media >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ta...@tok-media.com >>>>>>>> Tel: +972 2 6409736 >>>>>>>> Mob: +972 54 8356490 >>>>>>>> Fax: +972 2 5612956 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Maki Watanabe < >>>>>>>> watanabe.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> What version are you using? >>>>>>>>> Anyway try nodetool repair & compact. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> maki >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 2012/3/26 Tamar Fraenkel <ta...@tok-media.com> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi! >>>>>>>>>> I created Amazon ring using datastax image and started filling >>>>>>>>>> the db. >>>>>>>>>> The cluster seems un-balanced. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> nodetool ring returns: >>>>>>>>>> Address DC Rack Status State Load >>>>>>>>>> Owns Token >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 113427455640312821154458202477256070485 >>>>>>>>>> 10.34.158.33 us-east 1c Up Normal 514.29 KB >>>>>>>>>> 33.33% 0 >>>>>>>>>> 10.38.175.131 us-east 1c Up Normal 1.5 MB >>>>>>>>>> 33.33% 56713727820156410577229101238628035242 >>>>>>>>>> 10.116.83.10 us-east 1c Up Normal 1.5 MB >>>>>>>>>> 33.33% 113427455640312821154458202477256070485 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [default@tok] describe; >>>>>>>>>> Keyspace: tok: >>>>>>>>>> Replication Strategy: >>>>>>>>>> org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleStrategy >>>>>>>>>> Durable Writes: true >>>>>>>>>> Options: [replication_factor:2] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [default@tok] describe cluster; >>>>>>>>>> Cluster Information: >>>>>>>>>> Snitch: org.apache.cassandra.locator.Ec2Snitch >>>>>>>>>> Partitioner: org.apache.cassandra.dht.RandomPartitioner >>>>>>>>>> Schema versions: >>>>>>>>>> 4687d620-7664-11e1-0000-1bcb936807ff: [10.38.175.131, >>>>>>>>>> 10.34.158.33, 10.116.83.10] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Any idea what is the cause? >>>>>>>>>> I am running similar code on local ring and it is balanced. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> How can I fix this? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> *Tamar Fraenkel * >>>>>>>>>> Senior Software Engineer, TOK Media >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1] >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> ta...@tok-media.com >>>>>>>>>> Tel: +972 2 6409736 >>>>>>>>>> Mob: +972 54 8356490 >>>>>>>>>> Fax: +972 2 5612956 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> With kind regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Robin Verlangen >>>>>>> www.robinverlangen.nl >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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