Might be https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-8061 or one of the linked/duplicate tickets.
=Rob On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Phil Burress <philtburr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Just upgraded our cluster from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 and our nodes keep dying. >> The kernel is killing the process due to out of memory: >> > > https://engineering.eventbrite.com/what-version-of-cassandra-should-i-run/ > > > Appears to only occur during compactions. We've tried playing with the >> heap settings but nothing has worked thus far. We did not have this issue >> until we upgraded. Anyone else run into this or have suggestions? >> > > I would : > > 1) see if downgrade is possible (while unsupported, it probably is > possible) and downgrade if so > 2) search JIRA 2.1 era for related issues > 3) examine changes from 2.1.1 to 2.1.2 which relate to compaction > 4) file a JIRA describing yr experience if no prior one exists > > =Rob >