Re: SSTable files not getting deleted

2011-01-06 Thread Ching-Cheng Chen
Yes, those SSTable files has "compacted" tag. Those with compacted tag have size 0, so disk space is not an issue. However, the matching Filter, Index, Statistics files were not removed, either. So I ended up with tons of file under data directory although they not using much space. I'm running

Re: SSTable files not getting deleted

2011-01-06 Thread Robert Coli
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 7:59 AM, Ching-Cheng Chen wrote: > I performed a nodetool compact, all went good and finished.   All column > family now only have one big live SSTable file. > Then I use jconsole to force a GC, but those old SSTable files still not > getting deleted.   I thought this shoul

SSTable files not getting deleted

2011-01-06 Thread Ching-Cheng Chen
My impression is that force GC should have deleted the SSTable files no longer valid. I performed a nodetool compact, all went good and finished. All column family now only have one big live SSTable file. Then I use jconsole to force a GC, but those old SSTable files still not getting deleted.