We are running regular repairs, so I don't think that's the problem. And the data dir sizes match approx. the load from the nodetool. Thanks for the advise, though.
Our keys are digits only, and all contain a few zeros at the same offsets. I'm not that familiar with the md5 algorithm, but I doubt that it would generate 'hotspots' for those kind of keys, right? On 17.01.2012, at 17:34, Mohit Anchlia wrote: > Have you tried running repair first on each node? Also, verify using > df -h on the data dirs > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Marcel Steinbach > <marcel.steinb...@chors.de> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> we're using RP and have each node assigned the same amount of the token >> space. The cluster looks like that: >> >> Address Status State Load Owns Token >> >> 205648943402372032879374446248852460236 >> 1 Up Normal 310.83 GB 12.50% >> 56775407874461455114148055497453867724 >> 2 Up Normal 470.24 GB 12.50% >> 78043055807020109080608968461939380940 >> 3 Up Normal 271.57 GB 12.50% >> 99310703739578763047069881426424894156 >> 4 Up Normal 282.61 GB 12.50% >> 120578351672137417013530794390910407372 >> 5 Up Normal 248.76 GB 12.50% >> 141845999604696070979991707355395920588 >> 6 Up Normal 164.12 GB 12.50% >> 163113647537254724946452620319881433804 >> 7 Up Normal 76.23 GB 12.50% >> 184381295469813378912913533284366947020 >> 8 Up Normal 19.79 GB 12.50% >> 205648943402372032879374446248852460236 >> >> I was under the impression, the RP would distribute the load more evenly. >> Our row sizes are 0,5-1 KB, hence, we don't store huge rows on a single >> node. Should we just move the nodes so that the load is more even >> distributed, or is there something off that needs to be fixed first? >> >> Thanks >> Marcel >> <hr style="border-color:blue"> >> <p>chors GmbH >> <br><hr style="border-color:blue"> >> <p>specialists in digital and direct marketing solutions<br> >> Haid-und-Neu-Straße 7<br> >> 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany<br> >> www.chors.com</p> >> <p>Managing Directors: Dr. Volker Hatz, Markus Plattner<br>Amtsgericht >> Montabaur, HRB 15029</p> >> <p style="font-size:9px">This e-mail is for the intended recipient only and >> may contain confidential or privileged information. If you have received >> this e-mail by mistake, please contact us immediately and completely delete >> it (and any attachments) and do not forward it or inform any other person of >> its contents. If you send us messages by e-mail, we take this as your >> authorization to correspond with you by e-mail. E-mail transmission cannot >> be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be >> intercepted, amended, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, >> or contain viruses. Neither chors GmbH nor the sender accept liability for >> any errors or omissions in the content of this message which arise as a >> result of its e-mail transmission. Please note that all e-mail >> communications to and from chors GmbH may be monitored.</p>