nodetool setcachecapacity

Sets global key and row cache capacities in megabytes. A value of 0 means that the cache is disabled.

Overrides the configured value of the row_cache_size_in_mb parameter in cassandra.yaml.

To change the current setting, use nodetool getcachecapacity.

Synopsis

nodetool [<connection_options>] setcachecapacity
[--] <key-cache-capacity> <row-cache-capacity> <counter-cache-capacity>

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

counter-cache-capacity

Corresponds to the counter_cache_size_in_mb in the cassandra.yaml file.

  • number - the number of keys saved by each cache

  • 0 - disable counter caching

Default: Smaller of minimum of 2.5% of heap or 50 MB.

key-cache-capacity

Key cache capacity in MB units.

  • number: the number of MB saved by each cache

  • 0: disable caching

row-cache-capacity

Row cache capacity in MB units. Corresponds to the row_cache_size_in_mb parameter in cassandra.yaml.

  • number: The number of MB saved by each cache

  • 0: Disable caching

Default: 0 (disabled).

Examples

Set the global key to 200 MB, row cache to 50 MB, and counter cache to 25 MB capacities

nodetool setcachecapacity 200 0 25

Ensure capacities were updated.

nodetool getcachecapacity

Results:

Key cache capacity: 200 MB
Row cache capacity: 0 MB
Counter cache capacity: 25 MB

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