Thank you for the excellent response Alain! On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 5:25 PM Alain RODRIGUEZ <arodr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 >>
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