nodetool garbagecollect

Remove deleted data from one or more tables.

Note: The nodetool garbagecollect command is not the same as the Perform GC option in OpsCenter.

Synopsis

nodetool options garbagecollect [--] keyspace_name table_name

Tarball and Installer No-Services path:

installation_location/resources/cassandra/bin

Table 1. Options
Short	Long	Description
-g	--granularity	Granularity of garbage removal. ROW (default) removes deleted partitions and rows. CELL also removes overwritten or deleted cells.
`-h`	`--host`	Hostname or IP address.
-j	--jobs	Number of sstables to cleanup simultanously, set to 0 to use all available compaction threads.
`-p`	`--port`	Port number.
`-pwf`	`--password-file`	Password file path.
`-pw`	`--password`	Password.
`-u`	`--username`	Remote JMX agent username.
`keyspace_name`	Name of keyspace.
`table_name`	Name of table.
`--`	Separates an option from an argument that could be mistaken for a option.