On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxg...@gmail.com>wrote:
> No it does not exist. Rob and I might start a donation page and give > the money to whoever is willing to code it. If someone would write a > tool that would split an sstable into 4 smaller sstables (even an > offline command line tool) Something like that: https://github.com/pcmanus/cassandra/commits/sstable_split (adds an sstablesplit offline tool) > I would paypal them a hundo. > Just tell me how you want to proceed :) -- Sylvain > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:10 PM, Aaron Turner <synfina...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Nope. I think at least once a week I hear someone suggest one way to > solve > > their problem is to "write an sstablesplit tool". > > > > I'm pretty sure that: > > > > Step 1. Write sstablesplit > > Step 2. ??? > > Step 3. Profit! > > > > > > > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Alain RODRIGUEZ <arodr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> @Rob Coli > >> > >> Does the "sstablesplit" function exists somewhere ? > >> > >> > >> > >> 2012/11/10 Jim Cistaro <jcist...@netflix.com> > >>> > >>> For some of our clusters, we have taken the periodic major compaction > >>> route. > >>> > >>> There are a few things to consider: > >>> 1) Once you start major compacting, depending on data size, you may be > >>> committed to doing it periodically because you create one big file that > >>> will take forever to naturally compact agaist 3 like sized files. > >>> 2) If you rely heavily on file cache (rather than large row caches), > each > >>> major compaction effectively invalidates the entire file cache beause > >>> everything is written to one new large file. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jim Cistaro > >>> > >>> On 11/9/12 11:27 AM, "Rob Coli" <rc...@palominodb.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> >On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM, B. Todd Burruss <bto...@gmail.com> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> my question is would leveled compaction help to get rid of the > >>> >>tombstoned > >>> >> data faster than size tiered, and therefore reduce the disk space > >>> >> usage? > >>> > > >>> >You could also... > >>> > > >>> >1) run a major compaction > >>> >2) code up sstablesplit > >>> >3) profit! > >>> > > >>> >This method incurs a management penalty if not automated, but is > >>> >otherwise the most efficient way to deal with tombstones and obsolete > >>> >data.. :D > >>> > > >>> >=Rob > >>> > > >>> >-- > >>> >=Robert Coli > >>> >AIM>ALK - rc...@palominodb.com > >>> >YAHOO - rcoli.palominob > >>> >SKYPE - rcoli_palominodb > >>> > > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Aaron Turner > > http://synfin.net/ Twitter: @synfinatic > > http://tcpreplay.synfin.net/ - Pcap editing and replay tools for Unix & > > Windows > > Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary > > Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. > > -- Benjamin Franklin > > "carpe diem quam minimum credula postero" > > >