I have a 3 node cluster using the GossipingPropertyFileSnitch and replication factor of 3. All nodes are leased hardware and more or less the same. The cassandra-rackdc.properties files look like this:
dc=dc1 rack=rack1 (rack2 and rack3 for the other nodes) Now I need to expand the cluster. I was going to use rack4 for the next node, then rack5 and rack6 because the nodes are physically all on different racks. Elsewhere on this list someone mentioned that I should use rack1, rack2 and rack3 again. Why is that? Thanks David
