nodetool toppartitions

Sample and print the most active partitions for a given column family.

Synopsis

nodetool <options> toppartitions <keyspace>  <table> <duration>  ...
  • Options are:
    • ( -h | --host ) <host name> | <ip address>
    • ( -p | --port ) <port number>
    • ( -pw | --password ) <password >
    • ( -u | --username ) <user name>
    • ( -pwf <passwordFilePath | --password-file <passwordFilePath> )
  • -a <samplers> comma separated list of samplers to use (default: all)
  • -k <topCount> number of the top partitions to list (default: 10)
  • -s <size> capacity of stream summary, closer to the actual cardinality of partitions will yield more accurate results (default: 256)
  • keyspace is a keyspace name
  • cfname is a column family name
  • duration in milliseconds

Description

The nodetool toppartitions command samples and prints the most active partitions during the duration specified. A keyspace and column family must be specified, as well as a duration in milliseconds.

Examples

Sample the most active partitions for the table test.users for 1,000 milliseconds

nodetool toppartitions test users 1000

Output is produced, similar to the following: