I have a write-heavy table that is using size tiered compaction. I am running C* 1.2.9. There is an SSTable that is not getting compacted. It is disproportionately larger than the other SSTables. The data file sizes are,
1.70 GB 0.18 GB 0.16 GB 0.05 GB 8.61 GB If I set the bucket_high compaction property on the table to a sufficiently large value, will the 8.61 GB get compacted? What if any drawbacks are there to increasing the bucket_high property? In what scenarios could I wind up with such a disproportionately large SSTable like this? One thing that comes to mind is major compactions, but I have not that. - John
