Thank you. So, does that mean that no redistribution of data would occur unless 
the node is manually removed?

- Jeff


On Mar 24, 2014, at 1:31 PM, Seth Thomas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jeff,
> 
> When a node is no longer responding a process called hinted handoff[1] takes 
> over and ensure that your N (replication) value is met by allowing other 
> nodes to temporarily take responsibility for the vnodes of the downed node. 
> This node can return to the cluster and will resume operations for the vnodes 
> it’s primarily responsible for or you could remove the node[2] from the 
> cluster which would redistribute the primary responsibly among the remaining 
> nodes. I’d also give our docs on replication[3] a look for more information.
> 
> Seth Thomas
> 
> [1] http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/theory/concepts/glossary/#Hinted-Handoff
> [2] 
> http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/ops/running/nodes/adding-removing/#Removing-a-Node-From-a-Cluster
> [3] http://docs.basho.com/riak/latest/theory/concepts/Replication/
> 
> 
> On March 24, 2014 at 9:33:17, Jeff Peck ([email protected]) wrote:
> 
>> Is there a description of what happens internally when a node goes down? I 
>> am curious if any there would be any sort of reshuffling or redistribution 
>> of data in the remaining vnodes? Or would the node simply be unavailable 
>> until restarted? 
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Jeff 
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