No, bootstrap is currently only for adding new nodes, not replacing dead ones.
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Simon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm sorry if this was covered before, but if you lose a node and > cannot bring it (or a replacement) back with the same IP address or > DNS name, is your only option to restart the entire cluster? E.g. if > I have nodes 1, 2, and 3 with replication factor 3, and then I lose > node 3, is it possible to bring up a new node 3 with a new IP (and a > Seed of either node 1 or node 2) and bootstrap it? > > Thanks, > > Simon > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jonathan Ellis <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tokens can change, so IP is used for node identification, e.g. for >> hinted handoff. >> >> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:00 PM, Ramzi Rabah <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hey Jonathan, why should a replacement node keep the same IP >>> address/DNS name as the original node? Wouldn't having the same token >>> as the node that went down be sufficient (provided that you did the >>> steps above of copying the data from the 2 neighboring nodes)? >>> >
