Hello, I am currently using Cassandra-2.0.0 on OpenSuse for storing netflow packets that are seen on my ethernet interface. I deliberately tried to test Cassandra with heavy data and it ran fine for about 30 mins after which it crashed with OutOfMemory error. I set up a two-node cluster to which this data is getting stored with replication_factor 1. Now, Cassandra is not even starting up. The log is given below for your reference. Can I solve this problem by tweaking JVM OPTS? If yes, which all and how? How can I be sure that it is not someother issue like corrupted commit log headers, etc. so as to prevent these errors in the future? I am on a 32-bit OpenSuse i5 machine with 4G RAM.
Here is the output when I try to start Cassandra:- linux-0cpn:~/bnsk/ experimentation/apache-cassandra-2.0.0/bin # ./cassandra -f & [1] 984 linux-0cpn:~/bnsk/experimentation/apache-cassandra-2.0.0/bin # ./../conf/cassandra-env.sh: line 137: elseError:: command not found xss = -ea -javaagent:./../lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar -XX:+UseThreadPriorities -XX:ThreadPriorityPolicy=42 -Xms1024M -Xmx1024M -Xmn256M -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Xss256k INFO 03:46:43,178 Logging initialized INFO 03:46:43,188 32bit JVM detected. It is recommended to run Cassandra on a 64bit JVM for better performance. INFO 03:46:43,189 JVM vendor/version: Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM/1.7.0_45 INFO 03:46:43,189 Heap size: 1046937600/1046937600 INFO 03:46:43,189 Classpath: ./../conf:./../build/classes/main:./../build/classes/thrift:./../lib/antlr-3.2.jar:./../lib/apache-cassandra-2.0.0.jar:./../lib/apache-cassandra-clientutil-2.0.0.jar:./../lib/apache-cassandra-thrift-2.0.0.jar:./../lib/commons-cli-1.1.jar:./../lib/commons-codec-1.2.jar:./../lib/commons-lang-2.6.jar:./../lib/compress-lzf-0.8.4.jar:./../lib/concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru-1.3.jar:./../lib/disruptor-3.0.1.jar:./../lib/guava-13.0.1.jar:./../lib/high-scale-lib-1.1.2.jar:./../lib/jackson-core-asl-1.9.2.jar:./../lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.2.jar:./../lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar:./../lib/jbcrypt-0.3m.jar:./../lib/jline-1.0.jar:./../lib/json-simple-1.1.jar:./../lib/libthrift-0.9.0.jar:./../lib/log4j-1.2.16.jar:./../lib/lz4-1.1.0.jar:./../lib/metrics-core-2.0.3.jar:./../lib/netty-3.5.9.Final.jar:./../lib/servlet-api-2.5-20081211.jar:./../lib/slf4j-api-1.7.2.jar:./../lib/slf4j-log4j12-1.7.2.jar:./../lib/snakeyaml-1.11.jar:./../lib/snappy-java-1.0.5.jar:./../lib/snaptree-0.1.jar:./../lib/thrift-server-0.3.0.jar:./../lib/jamm-0.2.5.jar INFO 03:46:43,191 JNA not found. Native methods will be disabled. INFO 03:46:43,199 Loading settings from file:/root/bnsk/experimentation/apache-cassandra-2.0.0/conf/cassandra.yaml INFO 03:46:43,418 Data files directories: [/var/lib/cassandra/data] INFO 03:46:43,418 Commit log directory: /var/lib/cassandra/commitlog INFO 03:46:43,418 DiskAccessMode 'auto' determined to be standard, indexAccessMode is standard INFO 03:46:43,418 disk_failure_policy is stop INFO 03:46:43,422 Global memtable threshold is enabled at 332MB INFO 03:46:43,510 Not using multi-threaded compaction INFO 03:46:43,660 Initializing key cache with capacity of 49 MBs. INFO 03:46:43,667 Scheduling key cache save to each 14400 seconds (going to save all keys). INFO 03:46:43,668 Initializing row cache with capacity of 0 MBs INFO 03:46:43,674 Scheduling row cache save to each 0 seconds (going to save all keys). INFO 03:46:43,755 Initializing system.schema_triggers INFO 03:46:43,768 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_triggers/system-schema_triggers-ja-104 (57 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,768 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_triggers/system-schema_triggers-ja-105 (57 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,769 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_triggers/system-schema_triggers-ja-103 (57 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,790 reading saved cache /var/lib/cassandra/saved_caches/system-schema_triggers-KeyCache-b.db INFO 03:46:43,798 Initializing system.batchlog INFO 03:46:43,800 Initializing system.peer_events INFO 03:46:43,804 Initializing system.compactions_in_progress INFO 03:46:43,805 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/compactions_in_progress/system-compactions_in_progress-ja-22 (177 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,805 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/compactions_in_progress/system-compactions_in_progress-ja-23 (42 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,809 Initializing system.hints INFO 03:46:43,812 Initializing system.schema_keyspaces INFO 03:46:43,815 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_keyspaces/system-schema_keyspaces-ja-493 (554 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,816 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_keyspaces/system-schema_keyspaces-ja-494 (473 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,818 reading saved cache /var/lib/cassandra/saved_caches/system-schema_keyspaces-KeyCache-b.db INFO 03:46:43,821 Initializing system.range_xfers INFO 03:46:43,824 Initializing system.schema_columnfamilies INFO 03:46:43,826 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_columnfamilies/system-schema_columnfamilies-ja-535 (77 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,827 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_columnfamilies/system-schema_columnfamilies-ja-534 (75 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,833 Opening /var/lib/cassandra/data/system/schema_columnfamilies/system-schema_columnfamilies-ja-533 (8589 bytes) INFO 03:46:43,841 reading saved cache /var/lib/cassandra/saved_caches/system-schema_columnfamilies-KeyCache-b.db java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space Dumping heap to java_pid984.hprof ... Heap dump file created [15493326 bytes in 0.068 secs] ERROR 03:46:43,995 Exception encountered during startup java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil.read(ByteBufferUtil.java:394) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil.readWithLength(ByteBufferUtil.java:355) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CacheService$KeyCacheSerializer.deserialize(CacheService.java:337) at org.apache.cassandra.cache.AutoSavingCache.loadSaved(AutoSavingCache.java:147) at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.<init>(ColumnFamilyStore.java:267) at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.createColumnFamilyStore(ColumnFamilyStore.java:411) at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.createColumnFamilyStore(ColumnFamilyStore.java:383) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.initCf(Keyspace.java:314) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.<init>(Keyspace.java:268) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.open(Keyspace.java:110) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.open(Keyspace.java:88) at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemKeyspace.checkHealth(SystemKeyspace.java:447) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:227) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:443) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:486) java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space at org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil.read(ByteBufferUtil.java:394) at org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil.readWithLength(ByteBufferUtil.java:355) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CacheService$KeyCacheSerializer.deserialize(CacheService.java:337) at org.apache.cassandra.cache.AutoSavingCache.loadSaved(AutoSavingCache.java:147) at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.<init>(ColumnFamilyStore.java:267) at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.createColumnFamilyStore(ColumnFamilyStore.java:411) at org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore.createColumnFamilyStore(ColumnFamilyStore.java:383) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.initCf(Keyspace.java:314) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.<init>(Keyspace.java:268) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.open(Keyspace.java:110) at org.apache.cassandra.db.Keyspace.open(Keyspace.java:88) at org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemKeyspace.checkHealth(SystemKeyspace.java:447) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.setup(CassandraDaemon.java:227) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.activate(CassandraDaemon.java:443) at org.apache.cassandra.service.CassandraDaemon.main(CassandraDaemon.java:486) Exception encountered during startup: Java heap space Thanks in advance... -- Regards, BNSK *.*