On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM, B. Todd Burruss <bto...@gmail.com> wrote: > my question is would leveled compaction help to get rid of the tombstoned > data faster than size tiered, and therefore reduce the disk space usage?
You could also... 1) run a major compaction 2) code up sstablesplit 3) profit! This method incurs a management penalty if not automated, but is otherwise the most efficient way to deal with tombstones and obsolete data.. :D =Rob -- =Robert Coli AIM>ALK - rc...@palominodb.com YAHOO - rcoli.palominob SKYPE - rcoli_palominodb