sstableverify

Verifies the SSTable size and location for the given table.

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

  • Package installations: /usr/bin/

  • Tarball installations: <installation_location>/resources/cassandra/tools/bin

Synopsis

sstableverify
[--debug] [-e] [-h] [-v]
keyspace\_name table\_name

Definition

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

Command arguments

--debug

Display stack traces.

-e, --extended

Extended verification.

-h, --help

Display the usage and listing of the commands.

keyspace_name

Keyspace name. Required.

table_name

Table name. Required.

-v,--verbose

Verbose output.

Examples

Verifies cyclist_name table on cycling keyspace

sstableverify cycling cyclist_name
Verifying
TrieIndexSSTableReader(path='/var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/cyclist_name-4157ef22ce4411e8949e33016bf887c0/aa-2-bti-Data.db') (0.151KiB)
Deserializing sstable metadata for TrieIndexSSTableReader(path='/var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/cyclist_name-4157ef22ce4411e8949e33016bf887c0/aa-2-bti-Data.db')
Checking computed hash of TrieIndexSSTableReader(path='/var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/cyclist_name-4157ef22ce4411e8949e33016bf887c0/aa-2-bti-Data.db')
Verifying TrieIndexSSTableReader(path='/var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/cyclist_name-4157ef22ce4411e8949e33016bf887c0/aa-3-bti-Data.db') (0.131KiB)
Deserializing sstable metadata for TrieIndexSSTableReader(path='/var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/cyclist_name-4157ef22ce4411e8949e33016bf887c0/aa-3-bti-Data.db')
Checking computed hash of TrieIndexSSTableReader(path='/var/lib/cassandra/data/cycling/cyclist_name-4157ef22ce4411e8949e33016bf887c0/aa-3-bti-Data.db')

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