Re: Safely adding new nodes without losing data

2013-07-23 Thread aaron morton
I think you are correct. When the new node starts it randomly selects tokens, which result in a random set of token ranges being transferred from other nodes. For each pending range the existing token ranges in the cluster are searched to find one that contains the range we want to transfer.

Re: Safely adding new nodes without losing data

2013-07-23 Thread Robert Coli
On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 7:30 AM, E S tr1skl...@yahoo.com wrote: I am trying to understand the best procedure for adding new nodes. The one that I see most often online seems to have a hole where there is a low probability of permanently losing data. I want to understand what I am missing

Safely adding new nodes without losing data

2013-07-20 Thread E S
I am trying to understand the best procedure for adding new nodes.  The one that I see most often online seems to have a hole where there is a low probability of permanently losing data.  I want to understand what I am missing in my understanding. Let's say I have a 3 node cluster (node A,B,C)

Re: Safely adding new nodes without losing data

2013-07-20 Thread sankalp kohli
Interesting... I guess you have to add one node at a time and run repair on it. On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 7:30 AM, E S tr1skl...@yahoo.com wrote: I am trying to understand the best procedure for adding new nodes. The one that I see most often online seems to have a hole where there is a low