No, sstables keep compacting when they meet criteria. Look for compaction sub properties
Regards, Nitan Cell: 510 449 9629 > On Jan 13, 2019, at 8:18 AM, Jinhua Luo <luajit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > is there a largest tier where the sstables stop merging anymore? if so, then > does it mean some tombstones at that last tier would not be removed? if not, > then it's hard to imagine to compact sstables in huge size, like 10gb; after > all, the total size of sstables would definitelly grow, so a huge sstable > would be very likely possible, especially when the range of the keys is wide.
