Hello Vitaly. This sounds weird to me (unless we are speaking about a small size MB, a few GB maybe). Then the commit log size is limited, by default (see below) and the data should grow bigger in most cases.
According to the documentation ( http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/architecture/storage_engine.html#commitlog ): commitlog_total_space_in_mb: Total space to use for commit logs on disk. > If space gets above this value, Cassandra will flush every dirty CF in the > oldest segment and remove it. So a small total commitlog space will tend to > cause more flush activity on less-active columnfamilies. > The default value is the smaller of 8192, and 1/4 of the total space of > the commitlog volume. > Default Value: 8192 The commit log is supposed to be cleaned on flush, thus the solution to reduce the disk space used by commit logs are multiple: - Decrease the value for 'commitlog_total_space_in_mb' (probably the best option, you say what you want, and you get it) - Use the table option 'memtable_flush_period_in_ms' (default is 0, pick what you would like here - has to be done on all the table you want it to apply) - Manually run: 'nodetool flush' should also clean the commit logs - Reduce the size of the memtables - Limit the maximum size per table before a flush is triggered with 'memtable_cleanup_threshold'. According to the doc it's not a good idea though ( http://cassandra.apache.org/doc/latest/configuration/cassandra_config_file.html#memtable-cleanup-threshold ). Also, the data in Cassandra is compacted and compressed. Over a short time period of test or if the data is small compared to the memory available and fits mostly in memory, I can imagine that what you describe can happen. C*heers, ----------------------- Alain Rodriguez - @arodream - al...@thelastpickle.com France / Spain The Last Pickle - Apache Cassandra Consulting http://www.thelastpickle.com Le mar. 28 août 2018 à 18:24, Vitaliy Semochkin <vitaliy...@gmail.com> a écrit : > Hello, > > I've noticed that after a stress test that does only inserts a > commitlog content exceeds data dir 20 times. > What can be cause of such behavior? > > Running nodetool compact did not change anything. > > Regards, > Vitaliy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@cassandra.apache.org > >
