What does the Load column in nodetool ring mean? From the output below it shows 101.62 GB. However if I do a disk usage it is about 6 GB.
thanks Ramesh [root@CAP2-CNode1 cassandra]# ~root/apache-cassandra-1.0.0-rc2/bin/nodetool -h localhost ring Address DC Rack Status State Load Owns Token 148873535527910577765226390751398592512 10.19.102.11 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 101.62 GB 12.50% 0 10.19.102.12 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 84.42 GB 12.50% 21267647932558653966460912964485513216 10.19.102.13 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 95.47 GB 12.50% 42535295865117307932921825928971026432 10.19.102.14 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 91.25 GB 12.50% 63802943797675961899382738893456539648 10.19.103.11 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 93.98 GB 12.50% 85070591730234615865843651857942052864 10.19.103.12 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 100.33 GB 12.50% 106338239662793269832304564822427566080 10.19.103.13 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 74.1 GB 12.50% 127605887595351923798765477786913079296 10.19.103.14 datacenter1 rack1 Up Normal 93.96 GB 12.50% 148873535527910577765226390751398592512 [root@CAP2-CNode1 cassandra]# du -hs /var/lib/cassandra/data/ 6.0G /var/lib/cassandra/data/