sstablepartitions

Identifies large partitions of SSTables and outputs the partition size in bytes, row count, cell count, and tombstone count.

The default location of this SSTable tool depends on the type of installation:

Package installations: /usr/bin/
Tarball installations: INSTALL_DIRECTORY/resources/cassandra/tools/bin

Synopsis

sstablepartitions
[-b] [-c <cell_threshold>]
[-k <partition_key>]
[-m] [-o <tombstone_count_threshold>]
[-r] [-t <partition_count_threshold>]
[-u] [-x <partition_key> | -y]
<sstable_filepath> | <sstable_directory>

Syntax legend

Syntax conventions Description

Syntax conventions	Description
Italic, bold, or `< >`	Syntax diagrams and code samples use one or more of these styles to mark placeholders for variable values. Replace placeholders with a valid option or your own user-defined value. In CQL statements, angle brackets are required to enclose data types in a set, list, map, or tuple. Separate the data types with a comma. For example: `<datatype2` In Search CQL statements, use angle brackets to identify the entity and literal value to overwrite the XML element in the schema and `solrconfig` files, such as `@<xml_entity>='<xml_entity_type>'`.
`[ ]`	Square brackets surround optional command arguments. Do not type the square brackets.
`( )`	Parentheses identify a group to choose from. Do not type the parentheses.
`\|`	A pipe separates alternative elements. Type any one of the elements. Do not type the pipe.
`...`	Indicates that you can repeat the syntax element as often as required.
`'`	Use single quotation marks to surround literal strings in CQL statements. Use single quotation marks to preserve upper case. + For Search CQL only: Single quotation marks surround an entire XML schema declaration, such as `'<<schema> ... </schema>>'`
`{ }`	Map collection. Curly braces enclose maps (`{ <key_datatype>:<value_datatype> }`) or key value pairs (`{ <key>:<value> }`). A colon separates the key and the value.
`;`	Ends a CQL statement.
`--`	Separate command line options from command arguments with two hyphens. This syntax is useful when arguments might be mistaken for command line options.

Italic, bold, or < >

Syntax diagrams and code samples use one or more of these styles to mark placeholders for variable values. Replace placeholders with a valid option or your own user-defined value.

In CQL statements, angle brackets are required to enclose data types in a set, list, map, or tuple. Separate the data types with a comma. For example: <datatype2

In Search CQL statements, use angle brackets to identify the entity and literal value to overwrite the XML element in the schema and solrconfig files, such as @<xml_entity>='<xml_entity_type>'.

[ ]

Square brackets surround optional command arguments. Do not type the square brackets.

( )

Parentheses identify a group to choose from. Do not type the parentheses.

|

A pipe separates alternative elements. Type any one of the elements. Do not type the pipe.

...

Indicates that you can repeat the syntax element as often as required.

'

Use single quotation marks to surround literal strings in CQL statements. Use single quotation marks to preserve upper case. + For Search CQL only: Single quotation marks surround an entire XML schema declaration, such as '<<schema> ... </schema>>'

{ }

Map collection. Curly braces enclose maps ({ <key_datatype>:<value_datatype> }) or key value pairs ({ <key>:<value> }). A colon separates the key and the value.

;

Ends a CQL statement.

--

Separate command line options from command arguments with two hyphens. This syntax is useful when arguments might be mistaken for command line options.

Options

If an option has a short and long form, both forms are given, separated by a comma.

-b, --backups: Include backups in the data directories (recursive scans).
-c, --min-cells cell_threshold: Partition cell count threshold.
-k, --key partition_key: Partition key to include.
-m, --csv: Produce CSV machine-readable output instead of JSON formatted output.
-o, --min-tombstones tombstone_threshold: Partition tombstone count threshold.
-r, --recursive: Recursively.
sstable_directory: The filepath to the SSTable data directory. The data_file_directories property in cassandra.yaml defines the default directory.
sstable_filepath: The explicit or relative filepath to the SSTable data file ending in Data.db.
-t, --min-size partition_threshold: Partition size threshold in bytes.
-u, --current-timestamp: Include timestamp in output. Timestamp is the number of seconds since epoch, unit time for TTL expired calculation.
-x, --exclude-key partition_key: Partition key to exclude.

Ignored if -y option is given.
-y, --partitions-only: Only brief partition information. Exclude per-partition detailed row/cell/tombstone information from process and output.

Examples

Analyze partition statistics for all SSTables a single table

sstablepartitions -r /var/lib/cassandra/data/stresscql/blogposts-7dd6dfc289b511e8a4a329556a9391cc/

Processing stresscql.blogposts-7dd6dfc289b511e8a4a329556a9391cc #3 (bti-aa) (6445137 bytes uncompressed, 5416338 bytes on disk)
Partition size            Row count           Cell count      Tombstone count
p50                    124                    1                    1                    1
p75                    149                    1                    1                    1
p90                    149                    2                    2                    1
p95                    179                    2                    2                    1
p99                    215                    3                    3                    1
p999                   258                    4                    4                    1
min                     51                    0                    0                    0
max                   8239                  179                  179                    1
count                56696
time                137676

Processing stresscql.blogposts-7dd6dfc289b511e8a4a329556a9391cc #4 (bti-aa) (230134 bytes uncompressed, 192999 bytes on disk)
Partition size            Row count           Cell count      Tombstone count
p50                    124                    1                    1                    1
p75                    124                    1                    1                    1
p90                    149                    1                    1                    1
p95                    149                    1                    1                    1
p99                    149                    1                    1                    1
p999                   179                    2                    2                    1
min                     51                    0                    0                    0
max                    446                   10                   10                    1
count                 2169
time                  3626

The unit of measure for the partition size column is bytes.

Output only partitions with cell count threshold equal to or greater than 10

sstablepartitions -c 10 /var/lib/cassandra/data/stresscql/blogposts-7dd6dfc289b511e8a4a329556a9391cc/aa-4-bti-Data.db

Processing stresscql.blogposts-7dd6dfc289b511e8a4a329556a9391cc #4 (bti-aa) (230134 bytes uncompressed, 192999 bytes on disk)
Partition: 'Fwl
Cc	xD06iw_]Q|[t[KzCI&	$' (46776c0b4363097815114430361169775f7f5d511b3b08177c5b745b4b1306007a434926091a24) live, position: 208502, size: 434, rows: 10, cells: 10, tombstones: 0 (row:0, range:0, complex:0, cell:0, row-TTLd:0, cell-TTLd:0)
Summary of stresscql.blogposts-7dd6dfc289b511e8a4a329556a9391cc #4 (bti-aa):
File: /home/dimitarndimitrov/.ccm/c13529-master/node1/data0/stresscql/blogposts-7dd6dfc289b511e8a4a329556a9391cc/aa-4-bti-Data.db
1 partitions match
Keys: Fwl
Cc	xD06iw_]Q|[t[KzCI&	$
Partition size            Row count           Cell count      Tombstone count
p50                    124                    1                    1                    1
p75                    124                    1                    1                    1
p90                    149                    1                    1                    1
p95                    149                    1                    1                    1
p99                    149                    1                    1                    1
p999                   179                    2                    2                    1
min                     51                    0                    0                    0
max                    446                   10                   10                    1
count                 2169
time                  4875