Removetoken should only be used when removing a dead node from a cluster,
it's a much slower and more expensive operation since it triggers a repair
so that the remaining nodes can figure out which data they should now have.
Decommission on the other hand is much simpler, the node that's being
We have a cluster of 9 nodes in the ring. We would like SSD backed boxes.
But we may not need 9
nodes in that case. What is the best way to downscale the cluster to 6 or 3
nodes.
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..Senthil
If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it
caught and shot now.
use nodetool decommission and nodetool removetoken
On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Senthilvel Rangaswamy senthil...@gmail.com
wrote:
We have a cluster of 9 nodes in the ring. We would like SSD backed boxes.
But we may not need 9
nodes in that case. What is the best way to downscale the
