> Also, what are the disadvantage of turning off auto bootstrap? Do I need to > do anything after the fact?
Inserting a new node into a ring without auto_bootstrap implies that it will join the ring, but will not contain any data for which it is supposedly responsible. A 'nodetool repair' should cause data to be replicated. But until that's done, the node should be returning inconsistent results. So, turning off auto_bootstrap probably just hid/changed the symptom of the problem you're seeing rather than fix it./ -- / Peter Schuller
