sstablemetadata
The sstablemetadata utility prints metadata about a specified SSTable.
The
sstablemetadata
utility prints metadata about a specified
SSTable, including:- SSTable name
- partitioner
- SSTable level (for Leveled Compaction only)
- number of tombstones and Dropped timestamps (in epoch time)
- number of cells and size (in bytes) per row
Use this report to troubleshoot wide rows or performance-degrading tombstones.
Procedure
-
Switch to the
CASSANDRA_HOME
directory. -
Enter the command
/tools/bin/sstablemetadata
followed by the filenames of one or more SSTables.$ tools/bin/sstablemetadata <sstable_name filenames>
tools/bin/sstablemetadata data/data/autogeneratedtest/transaction_by_retailer-f27e4d5078dc11e59d629d03f52e8a2b/ma-203-big-Data.db SSTable: data/data/autogeneratedtest/transaction_by_retailer-f27e4d5078dc11e59d629d03f52e8a2b/ma-203-big Partitioner: org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner Bloom Filter FP chance: 0.010000 Minimum timestamp: 1445871871053006 Maximum timestamp: 1445871953354005 SSTable max local deletion time: 2147483647 Compression ratio: -1.0 Estimated droppable tombstones: 0.0 SSTable Level: 0 Repaired at: 0 ReplayPosition(segmentId=1445871179392, position=18397674) Estimated tombstone drop times: 2147483647: 7816721 Count Row Size Cell Count 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 8 0 0 10 0 0 12 0 710611 14 0 0 17 0 0 20 0 0 24 0 0 29 0 0 35 0 0 42 0 0 50 0 0 60 0 0 72 0 0 86 0 0 103 0 0 124 0 0 149 0 0 179 0 0 215 0 0 258 0 0 310 81 0 372 710530 0 446 0 0 535 0 0 642 0 0 770 0 0 924 0 0 1109 0 0 1331 0 0 1597 0 0 1916 0 0 2299 0 0 2759 0 0 3311 0 0 3973 0 0 4768 0 0 5722 0 0 6866 0 0 8239 0 0 9887 0 0 11864 0 0 14237 0 0 17084 0 0 20501 0 0 24601 0 0 29521 0 0 35425 0 0 42510 0 0 51012 0 0 61214 0 0 73457 0 0 88148 0 0 105778 0 0 126934 0 0 152321 0 0 182785 0 0 219342 0 0 263210 0 0 315852 0 0 379022 0 0 454826 0 0 545791 0 0 654949 0 0 785939 0 0 943127 0 0 1131752 0 0 1358102 0 0 1629722 0 0 1955666 0 0 2346799 0 0 2816159 0 0 3379391 0 0 4055269 0 0 4866323 0 0 5839588 0 0 7007506 0 0 8409007 0 0 10090808 0 0 12108970 0 0 14530764 0 0 17436917 0 0 20924300 0 0 25109160 0 0 30130992 0 0 36157190 0 0 43388628 0 0 52066354 0 0 62479625 0 0 74975550 0 0 89970660 0 0 107964792 0 0 129557750 0 0 155469300 0 0 186563160 0 0 223875792 0 0 268650950 0 0 322381140 0 0 386857368 0 0 464228842 0 0 557074610 0 0 668489532 0 0 802187438 0 0 962624926 0 0 1155149911 0 0 1386179893 0 0 1663415872 0 0 1996099046 0 0 2395318855 0 0 2874382626 0 3449259151 0 4139110981 0 4966933177 0 5960319812 0 7152383774 0 8582860529 0 10299432635 0 12359319162 0 14831182994 0 17797419593 0 21356903512 0 25628284214 0 30753941057 0 36904729268 0 44285675122 0 53142810146 0 63771372175 0 76525646610 0 91830775932 0 110196931118 0 132236317342 0 158683580810 0 190420296972 0 228504356366 0 274205227639 0 329046273167 0 394855527800 0 473826633360 0 568591960032 0 682310352038 0 818772422446 0 982526906935 0 1179032288322 0 1414838745986 0 Estimated cardinality: 722835