no. sstables are eventually compacted and moved to next level. On Friday, March 8, 2013, Kanwar Sangha wrote:
> Cool ! So of we exceed the threshold, is that an issue… ?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Yuki Morishita [mailto:mor.y...@gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'mor.y...@gmail.com');>] > *Sent:* 08 March 2013 15:57 > *To:* user@cassandra.apache.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'user@cassandra.apache.org');> > *Subject:* Re: leveled compaction**** > > ** ** > > It is SSTable counts in each level. **** > > SSTables in each level: [40/4, 442/10, 97, 967, 7691, 0, 0, 0]**** > > So you have 40 SSTables in L0, 442 in L1, 97 in L2 and so forth.**** > > '40/4' and '442/10' have numbers after slash, those are expected maximum > number of**** > > SSTables in that level and only displayed when you have more than that > threshold.**** > > On Friday, March 8, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Kanwar Sangha wrote:**** > > Hi – **** > > **** > > Can someone explain the meaning for the levelled compaction in cfstats –** > ** > > **** > > SSTables in each level: [40/4, 442/10, 97, 967, 7691, 0, 0, 0]**** > > **** > > SSTables in each level: [61/4, 9, 92, 945, 8146, 0, 0, 0]**** > > **** > > SSTables in each level: [34/4, 1000/10, 100, 953, 8184, 0, 0, 0**** > > **** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > Kanwar**** > > **** > > ** ** > -- Yuki Morishita t:yukim (http://twitter.com/yukim)