Start one node at a time. Wait 2 minutes before starting each node.
How much data and nodes you have already? Depending on that, the streaming of data can stress on the resources you have. I would recommend to start one and monitor, if things are ok, add another one. And so on. Regards, Carlos Juzarte Rolo Cassandra Consultant Pythian - Love your data rolo@pythian | Twitter: cjrolo | Linkedin: *linkedin.com/in/carlosjuzarterolo <http://linkedin.com/in/carlosjuzarterolo>* Mobile: +31 6 159 61 814 | Tel: +1 613 565 8696 x1649 www.pythian.com On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Or Sher <or.sh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > In the near future I'll need to add more than 10 nodes to a 2.0.9 > cluster (using vnodes). > I read this documentation on datastax website: > > http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/operations/ops_add_node_to_cluster_t.html > > In one point it says: > "If you are using racks, you can safely bootstrap two nodes at a time > when both nodes are on the same rack." > > And in another is says: > "Start Cassandra on each new node. Allow two minutes between node > initializations. You can monitor the startup and data streaming > process using nodetool netstats." > > We're not using racks configuration and from reading this > documentation I'm not really sure is it safe for us to bootstrap all > nodes together (with two minutes between each other). > I really hate the tought of doing it one by one, I assume it will take > more than 6H per node. > > What do you say? > -- > Or Sher > -- --
