[jira] [Resolved] (CASSANDRA-5682) When the Cassandra delete keys in secondary Index?

["Jonathan Ellis (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Jonathan Ellis resolved CASSANDRA-5682.
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    Resolution: Not A Problem

bq. I think that the Cassandra needs the compaction function for secondary index .

Possible since CASSANDRA-4464

> When the Cassandra delete keys in secondary Index?
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>                 Key: CASSANDRA-5682
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5682
>             Project: Cassandra
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Core
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.1
>         Environment: normal x86 PC (i3 CPU + 4GB ram) + Ubuntu 12.04
>            Reporter: YounwooKim
>            Priority: Minor
>
> How can i reduce the size of secondary index?
> Obviously, I delete many keys, and tried flush, compact, cleanup, rebuild_index using nodetool. However, i can't reduce the size of secondary index. ( Of course, the size of table(Primary key) is reduced. )
> Therefore, I found out the hint from the Cassandra source code, and I guess a feature of secondary index deletion.
> 1) When I request deletion of key, and the key is in the sstable(not in the memtable), the Cassandra doesn't insert the tombstone to the sstable for secondary index.( Unlike the table )
> ( from AbstractSimpleColumnSecondaryIndex.delete() function. )
> 2) After scaning the secondary index, the tombstone is maded in secondary index.
> ( from KeysSearcher.getIndexedIterator() function. It is called by index scan verb. )
> 3) Cleanup command in nodetool is used to delete out of range keys. ( Cleanup command don't care about deleted keys )
> ( from CompactionManager.doCleanupCompaction() function. )
> After this, I scan deleted keys using 'Where' clause, and I can reduce the size of secondary index. I think that it is only one way to reduce the size of secondary index.
> Is this a correct conclusion? I can't found related articles and other methods. 
> I think that the Cassandra needs the compaction function for secondary index .



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