> (Commiter folks: this is helpful. @Sylvain - can you commit a patch > under this ticket (or wherever): > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-4766 - happy to > review). >
Right, should have done that sooner anyway. I've attached a rebased version to the ticket. Should get in soonish, it's not very complicated. -- Sylvain > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Langston, Jim > <jim.langs...@compuware.com> wrote: > > I have been looking at the stuff in the zip file, and also the > > sstablesplit command script. This script is looking for a java > > class StandaloneSplitter located in the package > org.apache.cassandra.tools. > > > > Where is this package located ? I looked in the lib directory but nothing > > contains > > the class. Is this something I need to get as well ? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jim > > > > From: "Langston, Jim" <jim.langs...@compuware.com> > > Reply-To: <user@cassandra.apache.org> > > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:28:39 +0000 > > > > To: "user@cassandra.apache.org" <user@cassandra.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: sstable size ? > > > > I saw that msg in the thread, I pulled the git files and it looks > > like a suite of tools, do I install them on their own ? do I replace the > > current ones ? its production data but I can copy the data to where > > I want and experiment. > > > > Jim > > > > From: aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> > > Reply-To: <user@cassandra.apache.org> > > Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 21:41:24 +1200 > > To: <user@cassandra.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: sstable size ? > > > > Does this help ? > > http://www.mail-archive.com/user@cassandra.apache.org/msg30973.html > > > > Can you pull the data off the node so you can test it somewhere safe ? > > > > Cheers > > > > ----------------- > > Aaron Morton > > Cassandra Consultant > > New Zealand > > > > @aaronmorton > > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > > > On 18/07/2013, at 2:20 PM, "Langston, Jim" <jim.langs...@compuware.com> > > wrote: > > > > Thanks, this does look like what I'm experiencing. Can someone > > post a walkthrough ? The README and the sstablesplit script > > don't seem to cover it use in any detail. > > > > Jim > > > > From: Colin Blower <cblo...@barracuda.com> > > Reply-To: <user@cassandra.apache.org> > > Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:49:59 -0700 > > To: "user@cassandra.apache.org" <user@cassandra.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: sstable size ? > > > > Take a look at the very recent thread called 'Alternate "major > compaction"'. > > There are some ideas in there about splitting up a large SSTable. > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/user@cassandra.apache.org/msg30956.html > > > > > > On 07/17/2013 04:17 PM, Langston, Jim wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Is there a way to get an SSTable to a smaller size ? By this I mean that > I > > currently have an SSTable that is nearly 1.2G, so that subsequent > SSTables > > when they compact are trying to grow to that size. The result is that > when > > the min_compaction_threshold reaches it value and a compaction is needed, > > the compaction is taking a long time as the file grows (it is currently > at > > 52MB and > > takes ~22s to compact). > > > > I'm not sure how the SSTable initially grew to its current size of 1.2G, > > since the > > servers have been up for a couple of years. I hadn't noticed until I just > > upgraded to 1.2.6, > > but now I see it affects everything. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > -- > > Colin Blower > > Software Engineer > > Barracuda Networks Inc. > > +1 408-342-5576 (o) > > > > >
