Hi, Cluster name should be unique because with misconfiguration you might make the nodes connect to either of the cluster and then you will have nodes is wrong clusters.
Theoretically it can work with same names as well but to be on the safe side, make the cluster names unique. Hannu On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 at 8.36, William Boutin <william.bou...@ericsson.com> wrote: > Someone on my team asked me a question that I could not find an easy > answer and I was hoping someone could answer for me. > > When we configure Cassandra, we use the Cluster Name, Data Center, and > Rack to define the group of Cassandra nodes involved in holding our > keyspace records. If a second set of nodes had the same Cluster Name, Data > Center, and Rack values, is there a chance that CRUD actions directed at > the first cluster of nodes could somehow end up at the second cluster of > nodes? > > Thank you in advance. > > > > > > [image: Ericsson] <http://www.ericsson.com/> > > *WILLIAM L. BOUTIN * > Engineer IV - Sftwr > BMDA PADB DSE DU CC NGEE > > > *Ericsson* > 1 Ericsson Drive, US PI06 1.S747 > Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA > Phone (913) 241-5574 > Mobile (732) 213-1368 > Emergency (732) 354-1263 > william.bou...@ericsson.com > www.ericsson.com > > [image: http://www.ericsson.com/current_campaign] > <http://www.ericsson.com/current_campaign> > > Legal entity: EUS - ERICSSON INC., registered office in US PI01 4A242. > This Communication is Confidential. We only send and receive email on the > basis of the terms set out at www.ericsson.com/email_disclaimer > > >
