Yep, nodes were added one at a time and I ran clearsnapshots (there weren't any). The way I finally got past this was adding a second volume via data_file_directories (JBOD).
On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:57 PM, Robert Coli <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 4:30 PM, Branton Davis <branton.da...@spanning.com > > wrote: > >> We use SizeTieredCompaction. The nodes were about 67% full and we were >> planning on adding new nodes (doubling the cluster to 6) soon. >> > > Be sure to add those new nodes one at a time. > > Have you checked for, and cleared, old snapshots? Snapshots are > automatically taken at various times and have the unusual property of > growing larger over time. This is because they are hard links of data files > and do not take up disk space of their own until the files they link to are > compacted into new files. > > =Rob > >