Re: Automatic replacement of dead nodes

2012-09-13 Thread Reid Draper
On Sep 13, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Jonas Tehler wrote: > > Hi > > The plan was to use autoscaling for replacing a node that had failed for some > reason, not for scaling it up and down based on load. If a node fails I would > like it replaced as soon as possible and without manual intervention.

Re: Automatic replacement of dead nodes

2012-09-13 Thread Jonas Tehler
Hi The plan was to use autoscaling for replacing a node that had failed for some reason, not for scaling it up and down based on load. If a node fails I would like it replaced as soon as possible and without manual intervention. But perhaps you are right in that I should do this manually unti

Re: Automatic replacement of dead nodes

2012-09-13 Thread Reid Draper
Jonas, I'd be weary of 'autoscaling' a cluster. While it seems nice in theory, rebalancing data when a node is added or removed from the cluster can be expensive. I'd recommend having a human involved, at least until you have a bit more experience administering a cluster. To answer your question