Could it have been that you expanded your cluster a while back, but did not cleanup then.
On Thu, Nov 26, 2015, 07:51 Luigi Tagliamonte <lu...@sysdig.com> wrote: > I did it 2 times and in both times it freed a lot of space, don't think > that it's just a coincidence. > On Nov 26, 2015 10:56 AM, "Carlos Alonso" <i...@mrcalonso.com> wrote: > >> May it be a SizeTieredCompaction of big SSTables just finished and freed >> some space? >> >> Carlos Alonso | Software Engineer | @calonso >> <https://twitter.com/calonso> >> >> On 26 November 2015 at 08:55, Luigi Tagliamonte <lu...@sysdig.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> I'd like to understand what cleanup does on a running cluster when there >>> is no cluster topology change, i did a test and i saw the cluster disk >>> space shrink of 200GB. >>> I'm using cassandra 2.1.9. >>> -- >>> Luigi >>> --- >>> “The only way to get smarter is by playing a smarter opponent.” >>> >> >>
