thanks a lot. I can confirm that it solved our problem too. looks like the C* 2.0 feature is perfect for us.
T# On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Marcus Eriksson <krum...@gmail.com> wrote: > yep that works, you need to remove all components of the sstable though, > not just -Data.db > > and, in 2.0 there is this: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5228 > > /Marcus > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Theo Hultberg <t...@iconara.net> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think I remember reading that if you have sstables that you know >> contain only data that whose ttl has expired, it's safe to remove them >> manually by stopping c*, removing the *-Data.db files and then starting up >> c* again. is this correct? >> >> we have a cluster where everything is written with a ttl, and sometimes >> c* needs to compact over a 100 gb of sstables where we know ever has >> expired, and we'd rather just manually get rid of those. >> >> T# >> > >
