Cassandra 5.0 uses Unified Compaction Strategy (UCS) as the default. It was created specifically to overcome the limitations of older strategies and is highly self-managing:

• Automatic Optimization: UCS intelligently adapts to your workload, balancing between read and write performance without manual intervention.

• Parallel and Efficient: It uses sharding for parallel compaction, making better use of modern hardware resources.

Do I need to perform a regular compact nodetool compact manually in Cassandra 5.0.2?