> Perhaps the better question would be, if I have a two node cluster and > I want to be able to lose one box completely and replace it (without > losing the cluster), what settings would I need? Or is that an > impossible scenario? In production, I'd imagine a 3 node cluster being > the minimum but even there I could see each box having a full replica, > but probably not beyond 3.
Or perhaps, in the case of losing a box completely in a 2-node RF=2 cluster, do I need to lower the replication_factor on the still-alive box, bootstrap the replaced node back in, and then change the replication_factor=2?
