public synchronized void replace(
      Collection<SSTableReader> oldSSTables, Iterable<SSTableReader> replacements)
      throws IOException {
    Set<SSTableReader> sstablesNew = new HashSet<SSTableReader>(sstables);

    for (SSTableReader sstable : replacements) {
      assert sstable.getIndexPositions() != null;
      sstablesNew.add(sstable);
      long size = sstable.bytesOnDisk();
      liveSize.addAndGet(size);
      totalSize.addAndGet(size);

      StorageService.instance.storageLiveSize.addAndGet(size); // BIGDATA
      StorageService.instance.storageTotalSize.addAndGet(size); // BIGDATA

      sstable.setTrackedBy(this);
    }

    for (SSTableReader sstable : oldSSTables) {
      boolean removed = sstablesNew.remove(sstable);
      // BIGDATA:
      // assert removed;
      // the old sstables in compacting may already be marked compacted by reset CF.
      if (removed) {
        sstable.markCompacted();
        long bytesOnDisk = sstable.bytesOnDisk(); // BIGDATA
        liveSize.addAndGet(-bytesOnDisk); // BIGDATA

        StorageService.instance.storageLiveSize.addAndGet(-bytesOnDisk); // BIGDATA
      } else {
        logger.info(
            "The old sstable in compacting may already be marked compacted: "
                + sstable.getFilename());
      }
    }

    sstables = Collections.unmodifiableSet(sstablesNew);
    updateCacheSizes();
  }
  public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException {
    Options options = Options.parseArgs(args);
    try {
      // load keyspace descriptions.
      DatabaseDescriptor.loadSchemas();

      String ksName = null;
      String cfName = null;
      Map<Descriptor, Set<Component>> parsedFilenames = new HashMap<Descriptor, Set<Component>>();
      for (String filename : options.filenames) {
        File file = new File(filename);
        if (!file.exists()) {
          System.out.println("Skipping inexisting file " + file);
          continue;
        }

        Pair<Descriptor, Component> pair =
            SSTable.tryComponentFromFilename(file.getParentFile(), file.getName());
        if (pair == null) {
          System.out.println("Skipping non sstable file " + file);
          continue;
        }
        Descriptor desc = pair.left;

        if (ksName == null) ksName = desc.ksname;
        else if (!ksName.equals(desc.ksname))
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("All sstables must be part of the same keyspace");

        if (cfName == null) cfName = desc.cfname;
        else if (!cfName.equals(desc.cfname))
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("All sstables must be part of the same column family");

        Set<Component> components =
            new HashSet<Component>(
                Arrays.asList(
                    new Component[] {
                      Component.DATA,
                      Component.PRIMARY_INDEX,
                      Component.FILTER,
                      Component.COMPRESSION_INFO,
                      Component.STATS
                    }));

        Iterator<Component> iter = components.iterator();
        while (iter.hasNext()) {
          Component component = iter.next();
          if (!(new File(desc.filenameFor(component)).exists())) iter.remove();
        }
        parsedFilenames.put(desc, components);
      }

      if (ksName == null || cfName == null) {
        System.err.println("No valid sstables to split");
        System.exit(1);
      }

      // Do not load sstables since they might be broken
      Table table = Table.openWithoutSSTables(ksName);
      ColumnFamilyStore cfs = table.getColumnFamilyStore(cfName);

      String snapshotName = "pre-split-" + System.currentTimeMillis();

      List<SSTableReader> sstables = new ArrayList<SSTableReader>();
      for (Map.Entry<Descriptor, Set<Component>> fn : parsedFilenames.entrySet()) {
        try {
          SSTableReader sstable =
              SSTableReader.openNoValidation(fn.getKey(), fn.getValue(), cfs.metadata);
          sstables.add(sstable);

          if (options.snapshot) {
            File snapshotDirectory =
                Directories.getSnapshotDirectory(sstable.descriptor, snapshotName);
            sstable.createLinks(snapshotDirectory.getPath());
          }

        } catch (Exception e) {
          System.err.println(String.format("Error Loading %s: %s", fn.getKey(), e.getMessage()));
          if (options.debug) e.printStackTrace(System.err);
        }
      }
      if (options.snapshot)
        System.out.println(
            String.format("Pre-split sstables snapshotted into snapshot %s", snapshotName));

      cfs.getDataTracker().markCompacting(sstables);
      for (SSTableReader sstable : sstables) {
        try {
          new SSTableSplitter(cfs, sstable, options.sizeInMB).split();

          // Remove the sstable
          sstable.markCompacted();
          sstable.releaseReference();
        } catch (Exception e) {
          System.err.println(String.format("Error splitting %s: %s", sstable, e.getMessage()));
          if (options.debug) e.printStackTrace(System.err);
        }
      }
      SSTableDeletingTask.waitForDeletions();
      System.exit(0); // We need that to stop non daemonized threads
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.err.println(e.getMessage());
      if (options.debug) e.printStackTrace(System.err);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }