Those older files won't be included in a compaction until there are
min_compaction_threshold (4) files of that size. When you get another SS
table -Data.db file that is about 12-18GB then you'll have 4 and they will
be compacted together into one new file. At that time, if there are any
rows with only tombstones that are all older than gc_grace the row will be
removed (assuming the row exists exclusively in the 4 input SS tables).
Columns with data that is more than TTL seconds old will be written with a
tombstone. If the row does have column values in SS tables that are not
being compacted, the row will not be removed.
-Bryan
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Matthias Zeilinger <
matthias.zeilin...@bwinparty.com> wrote:
> Hi,****
>
> ** **
>
> I´m running Cassandra 1.1.5 and have following issue.****
>
> ** **
>
> I´m using a 10 days TTL on my CF. I can see a lot of tombstones in there,
> but they aren´t deleted after compaction.****
>
> ** **
>
> I have tried a nodetool –cleanup and also a restart of Cassandra, but
> nothing happened.****
>
> ** **
>
> total 61G****
>
> drwxr-xr-x 2 cassandra dba 20K Mar 4 06:35 .****
>
> drwxr-xr-x 10 cassandra dba 4.0K Dec 10 13:05 ..****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 15M Dec 15 22:04
> whatever-he-1398-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 19G Dec 15 22:04 whatever-he-1398-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 15M Dec 15 22:04 whatever-he-1398-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 357M Dec 15 22:04 whatever-he-1398-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Dec 15 22:04
> whatever-he-1398-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 9.5M Feb 6 15:45
> whatever-he-5464-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 12G Feb 6 15:45 whatever-he-5464-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 48M Feb 6 15:45 whatever-he-5464-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 736M Feb 6 15:45 whatever-he-5464-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Feb 6 15:45
> whatever-he-5464-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 9.7M Feb 21 19:13
> whatever-he-6829-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 12G Feb 21 19:13 whatever-he-6829-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 47M Feb 21 19:13 whatever-he-6829-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 792M Feb 21 19:13 whatever-he-6829-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Feb 21 19:13
> whatever-he-6829-Statistics.db ****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 3.7M Mar 1 10:46
> whatever-he-7578-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3G Mar 1 10:46 whatever-he-7578-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 12M Mar 1 10:46 whatever-he-7578-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 274M Mar 1 10:46 whatever-he-7578-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 1 10:46
> whatever-he-7578-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 3.6M Mar 1 11:21
> whatever-he-7582-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3G Mar 1 11:21 whatever-he-7582-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 9.7M Mar 1 11:21 whatever-he-7582-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 236M Mar 1 11:21 whatever-he-7582-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 1 11:21
> whatever-he-7582-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 3.7M Mar 3 12:13
> whatever-he-7869-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3G Mar 3 12:13 whatever-he-7869-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 9.8M Mar 3 12:13 whatever-he-7869-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 239M Mar 3 12:13 whatever-he-7869-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 3 12:13
> whatever-he-7869-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 924K Mar 3 18:02
> whatever-he-7953-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 1.1G Mar 3 18:02 whatever-he-7953-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 2.1M Mar 3 18:02 whatever-he-7953-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 51M Mar 3 18:02 whatever-he-7953-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 3 18:02
> whatever-he-7953-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 231K Mar 3 20:06
> whatever-he-7974-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 268M Mar 3 20:06 whatever-he-7974-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 483K Mar 3 20:06 whatever-he-7974-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 12M Mar 3 20:06 whatever-he-7974-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 3 20:06
> whatever-he-7974-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 116K Mar 4 06:28
> whatever-he-8002-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 146M Mar 4 06:28 whatever-he-8002-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 646K Mar 4 06:28 whatever-he-8002-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 16M Mar 4 06:28 whatever-he-8002-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 4 06:28
> whatever-he-8002-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 58K Mar 4 06:28
> whatever-he-8003-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 67M Mar 4 06:28 whatever-he-8003-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 105K Mar 4 06:28 whatever-he-8003-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 2.5M Mar 4 06:28 whatever-he-8003-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 4 06:28
> whatever-he-8003-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 230K Mar 4 06:30
> whatever-he-8004-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 261M Mar 4 06:30 whatever-he-8004-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 480K Mar 4 06:30 whatever-he-8004-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 12M Mar 4 06:30 whatever-he-8004-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 4 06:30
> whatever-he-8004-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 15K Mar 4 06:30
> whatever-he-8005-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 16M Mar 4 06:30 whatever-he-8005-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 39K Mar 4 06:30 whatever-he-8005-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 944K Mar 4 06:30 whatever-he-8005-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 4 06:30
> whatever-he-8005-Statistics.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 5.0K Mar 4 06:35
> whatever-he-8006-CompressionInfo.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 6.7M Mar 4 06:35 whatever-he-8006-Data.db****
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 81K Mar 4 06:35 whatever-he-8006-Filter.db**
> **
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 2.0M Mar 4 06:35 whatever-he-8006-Index.db***
> *
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 cassandra dba 4.3K Mar 4 06:35
> whatever-he-8006-Statistics.db****
>
> ** **
>
> The things marked in red, I guess, are the old data, but they aren´t
> deleted. As you can see on the date, they are older than 10 days.****
>
> ** **
>
> Is there any possibility to delete them? ****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Here is also the schema of the CF:****
>
> create column family whatever****
>
> with column_type = 'Standard'****
>
> and comparator = 'AsciiType'****
>
> and default_validation_class = 'AsciiType'****
>
> and key_validation_class = 'AsciiType'****
>
> and read_repair_chance = 0.0****
>
> and dclocal_read_repair_chance = 0.0****
>
> and gc_grace = 0****
>
> and min_compaction_threshold = 4****
>
> and max_compaction_threshold = 32****
>
> and replicate_on_write = false****
>
> and compaction_strategy =
> 'org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction.SizeTieredCompactionStrategy'****
>
> and caching = 'KEYS_ONLY'****
>
> and compression_options = {'sstable_compression' :
> 'org.apache.cassandra.io.compress.SnappyCompressor'};****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> *Br,*
>
> *Matthias Zeilinger*
>
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