the -old.json is an artefact of Levelled Compaction. You should see a non -old file in the current CF folder.
I'm not sure what would have created the -old CF dir. Does the timestamp indicate it was created the time the server first started as a 1.2 node? Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Developer New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 7/02/2013, at 10:39 PM, "Desimpel, Ignace" <ignace.desim...@nuance.com> wrote: > After upgrading from 1.0.8 I see that now the directory structure has changed > and has a structure like <keyspace><columnfamily> (part of the 1.1.x > migration). > But I also see that directories appear like <keyspace><columnfamily-old>, and > the content of that ‘old’ directory is only one file <columnfamily-old.json>. > > Questions : > Should this xxx-old.json file be in the other directory? > Should the extra directory <xxx-old> not be created? > Or was that intentionally done and is it allowed to remove these directories > ( manually … )? > > Thanks