Awesome. Thanks Sylvain! On Jul 19, 2013 3:59 AM, "Sylvain Lebresne" <sylv...@datastax.com> wrote:
> > (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) >> > >> > >> > >
