Did you check the number of files in your data folder before & after the restart?
I have seen cases where cassandra would keep creating sstables, which disappeared on restart. regards, Christian On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Fernando Neves <fernando1ne...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am facing one issue with our Cassandra cluster. > > Details: Cassandra 3.0.14, 12 nodes, 7.4TB(JBOD) disk size in each node, > ~3.5TB used physical data in each node, ~42TB whole cluster and default > compaction setup. This size maintain the same because after the retention > period some tables are dropped. > > Issue: Nodetool status is not showing the correct used size in the output. > It keeps increasing the used size without limit until automatically node > shutdown or until our sequential scheduled restart(workaround 3 times > week). After the restart, nodetool shows the correct used space but for few > days. > Did anybody have similar problem? Is it a bug? > > Stackoverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/ques > tions/49668692/cassandra-nodetool-status-is-not-showing-correct-used-space > >
