I can't comment on your specific issue, but I don't know if running 2.0.0 in production is a good idea. At the very least I'd try upgrading to the latest 2.0.X (currently 2.0.3.)
https://engineering.eventbrite.com/what-version-of-cassandra-should-i-run/ On 20 December 2013 06:08, Alexander Shutyaev <shuty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for you answers. > > *srmore*, > > We are using v2.0.0. As for GC I guess it does not correlate in our case, > because we had cassandra running 9 days under production load and no > dropped messages and I guess that during this time there were a lot of GCs. > > *Ken*, > > I've checked the values you indicated. Here they are: > > node1 6498 > node2 6476 > node3 6642 > > I guess this is not good :) What can we do to fix this problem? > > > 2013/12/19 Ken Hancock <ken.hanc...@schange.com> > >> We had issues where the number of CF families that were being flushed >> would align and then block writes for a very brief period. If that happened >> when a bunch of writes came in, we'd see a spike in Mutation drops. >> >> Check nodetool tpstats for FlushWriter all time blocked. >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:12 AM, Alexander Shutyaev >> <shuty...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Hi all! >>> >>> We've had a problem with cassandra recently. We had 2 one-minute periods >>> when we got a lot of timeouts on the client side (the only timeouts during >>> 9 days we are using cassandra in production). In the logs we've found >>> corresponding messages saying something about MUTATION messages dropped. >>> >>> Now, the official faq [1] says that this is an indicator that the load >>> is too high. We've checked our monitoring and found out that 1-minute >>> average cpu load had a local peak at the time of the problem, but it was >>> like 0.8 against 0.2 usual which I guess is nothing for a 2 core virtual >>> machine. We've also checked java threads - there was no peak there and >>> their count was reasonable ~240-250. >>> >>> Can anyone give us a hint - what should we monitor to see this "high >>> load" and what should we tune to make it acceptable? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Alexander >>> >>> [1] http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/FAQ#dropped_messages >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Ken Hancock *| System Architect, Advanced Advertising >> SeaChange International >> 50 Nagog Park >> Acton, Massachusetts 01720 >> ken.hanc...@schange.com | www.schange.com | >> NASDAQ:SEAC<http://www.schange.com/en-US/Company/InvestorRelations.aspx> >> >> Office: +1 (978) 889-3329 | [image: Google Talk:] ken.hanc...@schange.com >> | [image: Skype:]hancockks | [image: Yahoo IM:]hancockks [image: >> LinkedIn] <http://www.linkedin.com/in/kenhancock> >> >> [image: SeaChange International] >> <http://www.schange.com/>This e-mail and any attachments may contain >> information which is SeaChange International confidential. The information >> enclosed is intended only for the addressees herein and may not be copied >> or forwarded without permission from SeaChange International. >> > >