On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Joel Segerlind <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I'm trying to decommission a node from a six node Cassandra 2.0.3 cluster, > following the instructions at > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/operations/ops_remove_node_t.html > ... > When decommissioning nodes, would it be sufficient to run nodetool repair > -pr on the node to be decommissioned? > Not sure why those instructions would tell you to repair *before* removing a node from the cluster? Decommission streams a nodes key to the new node responsible for the range, why would a repair be required beforehand? > The node has just short of 11GB data in one keyspace (RF=3), and the > repair is taking forever (around 25 hours if it's keeping the current pace). > Do you see it actually doing anything? > Re-reading the instructions I realized that I ran nodetool repair, > instead of nodetool repair *keyspace_name*, but this can't have this kind > of impact right? I ran nodetool repair -pr on the same node yesterday, > and it took around 35 min. > Do you use vnodes? =Rob
