nodetool compactionstats

Prints statistics about compactions.

Synopsis

nodetool [<connection_options>] compactionstats
[-H]

Definition

The short- and long-form options are comma-separated.

Connection options

-h, --host hostname

The hostname or IP address of a remote node or nodes. When omitted, the default is the local machine.

-p, --port jmx_port

The JMX port number.

-pw, --password jmxpassword

The JMX password for authenticating with secure JMX. If a password is not provided, you are prompted to enter one.

-pwf, --password-file jmx_password_filepath

The filepath to the file that stores JMX authentication credentials.

-u, --username jmx_username

The username for authenticating with secure JMX.

Command arguments

-H, --human-readable

Display bytes in human readable form: KiB (kibibyte), MiB (mebibyte), GiB (gibibyte), TiB (tebibyte).

Examples

The total column shows the total number of uncompressed bytes of SSTables being compacted. The system log lists the names of the SSTables compacted.

nodetool compactionstats
pending tasks: 5
                compaction type        keyspace           table       completed           total      unit     progress
                Compaction            Keyspace1       Standard1       282310680       302170540     bytes       93.43%
                Compaction            Keyspace1       Standard1        58457931       307520780     bytes       19.01%
                Active compaction remaining time :   0h00m16s

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