Re: Riak 1.0

2011-10-22 Thread Jim Adler
For the bitcask backend, ring_num_partitions=64 and ring_creation_size=256. I haven't seen where to set ring_num_partitions in app.config. I have about 8 million keys stored in this cluster. So, how do I bring up a LevelDB node and join to the existing cluster given this 64/256 partitions/creatio

Re: Riak 1.0

2011-10-22 Thread Nico Meyer
Hello Jim, it sounds like the ring_creation_size in your app.conf file is inconsistent with the actual ring size on your existing nodes. This would happen, if the ring_creation_size in the config was changed after the ring as been created. As the name implies, the setting is only used when startin

Re: Riak 1.0

2011-10-22 Thread Jim Adler
Thanks Nico. I'll make the changes you suggest to regain the consistency. My understanding is a ring size of 64 would limit my cluster to about 6 nodes, right? Jim From: Nico Meyer Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:12:13 +0200 To: "riak-users@lists.basho.com" , Jim Adler Subject: Re: Riak 1.0

Re: Riak 1.0

2011-10-22 Thread Jim Adler
So, for the benefit of the list, here was my bonehead move: My installation script automatically 'riak starts' which, of course, uses the default app.config ring_creation_size of 64 before I get a chance to change it. Hello tarpit. Lesson: don't 'riak start' on a fresh node until you modify ap