Re: Seed vs non-seed in YAML

2011-09-28 Thread Peter Schuller
> Seeds will not auto-bootstrap themselves when you add them to  the cluster. And having a bunch of nodes that aren't even in the cluster (when you move them around, decommission etc) seems like a bad idea. As for amount: I would say definitely have at least RF seeds (for some reason I haven't he

Re: Seed vs non-seed in YAML

2011-09-25 Thread aaron morton
Seeds will not auto-bootstrap themselves when you add them to the cluster. Normal approach is to have 2 or 3 per DC. You may also be interested in how Gossip uses the seed list http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/ArchitectureGossip cheers - Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra De

Seed vs non-seed in YAML

2011-09-25 Thread Philippe
Hello, I'm deploying my cluster with Puppet so it's actually easier for me to add all cassandra nodes to the seed list in the YAML file than to choose a few. Would there be any reason NOT to do this ? Thanks