You will loose part of the retry / fallback functionality offered by hector.
The job of the client lib is not only load-balancing. I.e. if a node is bootstrapping it will accept TCP connections but throw an exception which will be communicated via thrift. The client lib is supposed to handle that. On Dec 20, 2010, at 3:25 PM, Jonathan Colby wrote: > I was unable to find example or documentation on my question. I'd like to > know what the best way to group a cluster of cassandra nodes behind a virtual > ip. > > For example, can cassandra nodes be placed behind a Citrix Netscaler hardware > load balancer? > > I can't imagine it being a problem, but in doing so would you break any > cassandra functionality? > > The goal is to have the application talk to a single virtual ip and be > directed to a random node in the cluster. > > I heard a little about adding the node addresses to Hector's load-balancing > mechanism, but this doesn't seem too robust or easy to maintain. > > Thanks in advance.
