diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 369c477ce01..a3c2c9fa701 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## v1.3.2 [unreleased]
+
+### Bugfixes
+
+- [#8629](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/8629): Interrupt in progress TSM compactions
+- [#8630](https://github.com/influxdata/influxdb/pull/8630): Prevent excessive memory usage when dropping series
+
 ## v1.3.1 [2017-07-20]
 
 ### Bugfixes
diff --git a/circle-test.sh b/circle-test.sh
index 105b44185c4..7528e8f50c3 100755
--- a/circle-test.sh
+++ b/circle-test.sh
@@ -9,17 +9,17 @@ set -e
 DIR=$(cd $(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") && pwd)
 cd $DIR
 
-export OUTPUT_DIR="$CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS" 
+export OUTPUT_DIR="$CIRCLE_ARTIFACTS"
 # Don't delete the container since CircleCI doesn't have permission to do so.
 export DOCKER_RM="false"
 
 # Get number of test environments.
 count=$(./test.sh count)
 # Check that we aren't wasting CircleCI nodes.
-if [ $CIRCLE_NODE_TOTAL -gt $count ]
+if [ $CIRCLE_NODE_INDEX -gt $((count - 1)) ]
 then
     echo "More CircleCI nodes allocated than tests environments to run!"
-    exit 1
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 # Map CircleCI nodes to test environments.
diff --git a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact.go b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact.go
index f3c04d80f77..9c9efd3b5f3 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact.go
@@ -591,6 +591,11 @@ type Compactor struct {
 	snapshotsEnabled   bool
 	compactionsEnabled bool
 
+	// The channel to signal that any in progress snapshots should be aborted.
+	snapshotsInterrupt chan struct{}
+	// The channel to signal that any in progress level compactions should be aborted.
+	compactionsInterrupt chan struct{}
+
 	files map[string]struct{}
 }
 
@@ -604,6 +609,9 @@ func (c *Compactor) Open() {
 
 	c.snapshotsEnabled = true
 	c.compactionsEnabled = true
+	c.snapshotsInterrupt = make(chan struct{})
+	c.compactionsInterrupt = make(chan struct{})
+
 	c.files = make(map[string]struct{})
 }
 
@@ -616,12 +624,22 @@ func (c *Compactor) Close() {
 	}
 	c.snapshotsEnabled = false
 	c.compactionsEnabled = false
+	if c.compactionsInterrupt != nil {
+		close(c.compactionsInterrupt)
+	}
+	if c.snapshotsInterrupt != nil {
+		close(c.snapshotsInterrupt)
+	}
 }
 
 // DisableSnapshots disables the compactor from performing snapshots.
 func (c *Compactor) DisableSnapshots() {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.snapshotsEnabled = false
+	if c.snapshotsInterrupt != nil {
+		close(c.snapshotsInterrupt)
+		c.snapshotsInterrupt = nil
+	}
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
@@ -629,6 +647,9 @@ func (c *Compactor) DisableSnapshots() {
 func (c *Compactor) EnableSnapshots() {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.snapshotsEnabled = true
+	if c.snapshotsInterrupt == nil {
+		c.snapshotsInterrupt = make(chan struct{})
+	}
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
@@ -636,6 +657,10 @@ func (c *Compactor) EnableSnapshots() {
 func (c *Compactor) DisableCompactions() {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.compactionsEnabled = false
+	if c.compactionsInterrupt != nil {
+		close(c.compactionsInterrupt)
+		c.compactionsInterrupt = nil
+	}
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
@@ -643,6 +668,9 @@ func (c *Compactor) DisableCompactions() {
 func (c *Compactor) EnableCompactions() {
 	c.mu.Lock()
 	c.compactionsEnabled = true
+	if c.compactionsInterrupt == nil {
+		c.compactionsInterrupt = make(chan struct{})
+	}
 	c.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
@@ -650,13 +678,14 @@ func (c *Compactor) EnableCompactions() {
 func (c *Compactor) WriteSnapshot(cache *Cache) ([]string, error) {
 	c.mu.RLock()
 	enabled := c.snapshotsEnabled
+	intC := c.snapshotsInterrupt
 	c.mu.RUnlock()
 
 	if !enabled {
 		return nil, errSnapshotsDisabled
 	}
 
-	iter := NewCacheKeyIterator(cache, tsdb.DefaultMaxPointsPerBlock)
+	iter := NewCacheKeyIterator(cache, tsdb.DefaultMaxPointsPerBlock, intC)
 	files, err := c.writeNewFiles(c.FileStore.NextGeneration(), 0, iter)
 
 	// See if we were disabled while writing a snapshot
@@ -717,7 +746,11 @@ func (c *Compactor) compact(fast bool, tsmFiles []string) ([]string, error) {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	tsm, err := NewTSMKeyIterator(size, fast, trs...)
+	c.mu.RLock()
+	intC := c.compactionsInterrupt
+	c.mu.RUnlock()
+
+	tsm, err := NewTSMKeyIterator(size, fast, intC, trs...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -993,7 +1026,8 @@ type tsmKeyIterator struct {
 
 	// merged are encoded blocks that have been combined or used as is
 	// without decode
-	merged blocks
+	merged    blocks
+	interrupt chan struct{}
 }
 
 type block struct {
@@ -1045,7 +1079,7 @@ func (a blocks) Swap(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
 
 // NewTSMKeyIterator returns a new TSM key iterator from readers.
 // size indicates the maximum number of values to encode in a single block.
-func NewTSMKeyIterator(size int, fast bool, readers ...*TSMReader) (KeyIterator, error) {
+func NewTSMKeyIterator(size int, fast bool, interrupt chan struct{}, readers ...*TSMReader) (KeyIterator, error) {
 	var iter []*BlockIterator
 	for _, r := range readers {
 		iter = append(iter, r.BlockIterator())
@@ -1059,6 +1093,7 @@ func NewTSMKeyIterator(size int, fast bool, readers ...*TSMReader) (KeyIterator,
 		iterators: iter,
 		fast:      fast,
 		buf:       make([]blocks, len(iter)),
+		interrupt: interrupt,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -1199,6 +1234,13 @@ func (k *tsmKeyIterator) merge() {
 }
 
 func (k *tsmKeyIterator) Read() (string, int64, int64, []byte, error) {
+	// See if compactions were disabled while we were running.
+	select {
+	case <-k.interrupt:
+		return "", 0, 0, nil, errCompactionAborted
+	default:
+	}
+
 	if len(k.merged) == 0 {
 		return "", 0, 0, nil, k.err
 	}
@@ -1224,9 +1266,10 @@ type cacheKeyIterator struct {
 	size  int
 	order []string
 
-	i      int
-	blocks [][]cacheBlock
-	ready  []chan struct{}
+	i         int
+	blocks    [][]cacheBlock
+	ready     []chan struct{}
+	interrupt chan struct{}
 }
 
 type cacheBlock struct {
@@ -1237,7 +1280,7 @@ type cacheBlock struct {
 }
 
 // NewCacheKeyIterator returns a new KeyIterator from a Cache.
-func NewCacheKeyIterator(cache *Cache, size int) KeyIterator {
+func NewCacheKeyIterator(cache *Cache, size int, interrupt chan struct{}) KeyIterator {
 	keys := cache.Keys()
 
 	chans := make([]chan struct{}, len(keys))
@@ -1246,12 +1289,13 @@ func NewCacheKeyIterator(cache *Cache, size int) KeyIterator {
 	}
 
 	cki := &cacheKeyIterator{
-		i:      -1,
-		size:   size,
-		cache:  cache,
-		order:  keys,
-		ready:  chans,
-		blocks: make([][]cacheBlock, len(keys)),
+		i:         -1,
+		size:      size,
+		cache:     cache,
+		order:     keys,
+		ready:     chans,
+		blocks:    make([][]cacheBlock, len(keys)),
+		interrupt: interrupt,
 	}
 	go cki.encode()
 	return cki
@@ -1330,6 +1374,13 @@ func (c *cacheKeyIterator) Next() bool {
 }
 
 func (c *cacheKeyIterator) Read() (string, int64, int64, []byte, error) {
+	// See if snapshot compactions were disabled while we were running.
+	select {
+	case <-c.interrupt:
+		return "", 0, 0, nil, errCompactionAborted
+	default:
+	}
+
 	blk := c.blocks[c.i][0]
 	return blk.k, blk.minTime, blk.maxTime, blk.b, blk.err
 }
diff --git a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact_test.go b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact_test.go
index ec903fd4a7a..5422f6cd9d3 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact_test.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/compact_test.go
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ func TestTSMKeyIterator_Single(t *testing.T) {
 
 	r := MustTSMReader(dir, 1, writes)
 
-	iter, err := tsm1.NewTSMKeyIterator(1, false, r)
+	iter, err := tsm1.NewTSMKeyIterator(1, false, nil, r)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating WALKeyIterator: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ func TestTSMKeyIterator_Duplicate(t *testing.T) {
 
 	r2 := MustTSMReader(dir, 2, writes2)
 
-	iter, err := tsm1.NewTSMKeyIterator(1, false, r1, r2)
+	iter, err := tsm1.NewTSMKeyIterator(1, false, nil, r1, r2)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating WALKeyIterator: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ func TestTSMKeyIterator_MultipleKeysDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 	r2 := MustTSMReader(dir, 2, points2)
 	r2.Delete([]string{"cpu,host=A#!~#count"})
 
-	iter, err := tsm1.NewTSMKeyIterator(1, false, r1, r2)
+	iter, err := tsm1.NewTSMKeyIterator(1, false, nil, r1, r2)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating WALKeyIterator: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -993,6 +993,41 @@ func TestTSMKeyIterator_MultipleKeysDeleted(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Tests that the TSMKeyIterator will abort if the interrupt channel is closed
+func TestTSMKeyIterator_Abort(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := MustTempDir()
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+
+	v1 := tsm1.NewValue(1, 1.1)
+	writes := map[string][]tsm1.Value{
+		"cpu,host=A#!~#value": []tsm1.Value{v1},
+	}
+
+	r := MustTSMReader(dir, 1, writes)
+
+	intC := make(chan struct{})
+	iter, err := tsm1.NewTSMKeyIterator(1, false, intC, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error creating WALKeyIterator: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	var aborted bool
+	for iter.Next() {
+		// Abort
+		close(intC)
+
+		_, _, _, _, err := iter.Read()
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error read: %v", err)
+		}
+		aborted = err != nil
+	}
+
+	if !aborted {
+		t.Fatalf("iteration not aborted")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCacheKeyIterator_Single(t *testing.T) {
 	v0 := tsm1.NewValue(1, 1.0)
 
@@ -1008,7 +1043,7 @@ func TestCacheKeyIterator_Single(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	iter := tsm1.NewCacheKeyIterator(c, 1)
+	iter := tsm1.NewCacheKeyIterator(c, 1, nil)
 	var readValues bool
 	for iter.Next() {
 		key, _, _, block, err := iter.Read()
@@ -1056,7 +1091,7 @@ func TestCacheKeyIterator_Chunked(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	iter := tsm1.NewCacheKeyIterator(c, 1)
+	iter := tsm1.NewCacheKeyIterator(c, 1, nil)
 	var readValues bool
 	var chunk int
 	for iter.Next() {
@@ -1090,6 +1125,43 @@ func TestCacheKeyIterator_Chunked(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Tests that the CacheKeyIterator will abort if the interrupt channel is closed
+func TestCacheKeyIterator_Abort(t *testing.T) {
+	v0 := tsm1.NewValue(1, 1.0)
+
+	writes := map[string][]tsm1.Value{
+		"cpu,host=A#!~#value": []tsm1.Value{v0},
+	}
+
+	c := tsm1.NewCache(0, "")
+
+	for k, v := range writes {
+		if err := c.Write(k, v); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to write key foo to cache: %s", err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	intC := make(chan struct{})
+
+	iter := tsm1.NewCacheKeyIterator(c, 1, intC)
+
+	var aborted bool
+	for iter.Next() {
+		//Abort
+		close(intC)
+
+		_, _, _, _, err := iter.Read()
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error read: %v", err)
+		}
+		aborted = err != nil
+	}
+
+	if !aborted {
+		t.Fatalf("iteration not aborted")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestDefaultPlanner_Plan_Min(t *testing.T) {
 	cp := tsm1.NewDefaultPlanner(
 		&fakeFileStore{
diff --git a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
index 4d24adb5ddd..535865fd6aa 100644
--- a/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
+++ b/tsdb/engine/tsm1/engine.go
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ func (e *Engine) enableSnapshotCompactions() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	e.Compactor.EnableSnapshots()
 	quit := make(chan struct{})
 	e.snapDone = quit
 	e.snapWG.Add(1)
@@ -304,6 +305,7 @@ func (e *Engine) disableSnapshotCompactions() {
 	if e.snapDone != nil {
 		close(e.snapDone)
 		e.snapDone = nil
+		e.Compactor.DisableSnapshots()
 	}
 
 	e.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/tsdb/store.go b/tsdb/store.go
index 2cc51ac2cd0..4a6b414b45e 100644
--- a/tsdb/store.go
+++ b/tsdb/store.go
@@ -570,7 +570,13 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteMeasurement(database, name string) error {
 	shards := s.filterShards(byDatabase(database))
 	s.mu.RUnlock()
 
+	// Limit to 1 delete for each shard since expanding the measurement into the list
+	// of series keys can be very memory intensive if run concurrently.
+	limit := limiter.NewFixed(1)
 	return s.walkShards(shards, func(sh *Shard) error {
+		limit.Take()
+		defer limit.Release()
+
 		if err := sh.DeleteMeasurement([]byte(name)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -834,6 +840,10 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteSeries(database string, sources []influxql.Source, conditi
 	s.mu.RLock()
 	defer s.mu.RUnlock()
 
+	// Limit to 1 delete for each shard since expanding the measurement into the list
+	// of series keys can be very memory intensive if run concurrently.
+	limit := limiter.NewFixed(1)
+
 	return s.walkShards(shards, func(sh *Shard) error {
 		// Determine list of measurements from sources.
 		// Use all measurements if no FROM clause was provided.
@@ -852,6 +862,9 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteSeries(database string, sources []influxql.Source, conditi
 		}
 		sort.Strings(names)
 
+		limit.Take()
+		defer limit.Release()
+
 		// Find matching series keys for each measurement.
 		var keys [][]byte
 		for _, name := range names {