On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 2:37 AM, kurt greaves <k...@instaclustr.com> wrote:
> So one time I tried to understand why only a single node could have a > token, and it appeared that it came over the fence from facebook and has > been kept ever since. Personally I don't think it's necessary, and agree > that it is kind of problematic (but there's probably lot's of stuff that > relies on this now). Multiple DC's is one example but the same could apply > to racks. There's no real reason (with NTS) that two nodes in separate > racks can't have the same token. In fact being able to do this would make > token allocation much simpler, and smart allocation algorithms could work > much better with vnodes. > I understand that it might be way too late to change this. My biggest gripe though is that all these subtle (but essential for real understanding) details are ever so poorly documented. I hope with the move away from DataStax to Community website this might gradually improve. Regards, -- Alex
