Using the tokens I generated earlier, i ran nodetool move <new token> on each node and things look much better for the Owns % ...
Address Status State Load Owns Token 170141183460469231731687303715884105725 10.0.0.1 Up Normal 234.51 KB 0.00% 0 10.0.0.2 Up Normal 224.13 KB 20.00% 34028236692093846346337460743176821145 10.0.0.3 Up Normal 238.3 KB 40.00% 102084710076281539039012382229530463435 10.0.0.4 Up Normal 222.93 KB 12.65% 123611609636969283964255284929841876429 10.0.0.5 Up Normal 238.04 KB 7.35% 136112946768375385385349842972707284580 10.0.0.6 Up Normal 235.92 KB 20.00% 170141183460469231731687303715884105725 All of these nodes had been brought online using auto_bootstrap, with exception for the very first one, which was a seed for the rest. Is this a necessary task that has to be performed on all nodes as new nodes are added ... to maintain a good balance ... in that the tokens don't re-balance themselves? Or, as this is a test environment with low load, there isn't enough good data for the bootstrap to determine where best to put the new node token? -sd On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Sasha Dolgy <sdo...@gmail.com> wrote: > With my six node cluster ... nodetool loadbalance should be run on one > node or all six? I run it on one and the ownership percentage gets > even more unbalanced. So... in the spirit of the evening, I run it on > another node ..... as you see, the ownership % keeps increasing and > the token numbers keep increasing. is this expected? I would have > hoped that the behaviour would be a little bit different. Maybe I've > missed something big.... > > > > Address Status State Load Owns Token > > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > 10.0.0.1 Up Normal 225 KB 40.78% > 24053088190195663439419935163232881936 > 10.0.0.2 Up Normal 201.21 KB 19.17% > 56667357399723182105247119364967854254 > 10.0.0.3 Up Normal 213.15 KB 17.61% > 86624712919272143003828971968762407027 > 10.0.0.4 Up Normal 214.54 KB 11.22% > 105714724128406151241468359303513100912 > 10.0.0.5 Up Normal 206.39 KB 5.61% > 115259729732973155360288052970888447854 > 10.0.0.6 Up Normal 242.93 KB 5.61% > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > > > Address Status State Load Owns Token > > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > 10.0.0.2 Up Normal 206.15 KB 59.95% > 56667357399723182105247119364967854254 > 10.0.0.3 Up Normal 218.1 KB 17.61% > 86624712919272143003828971968762407027 > 10.0.0.4 Up Normal 219.48 KB 11.22% > 105714724128406151241468359303513100912 > 10.0.0.5 Up Normal 216.31 KB 5.61% > 115259729732973155360288052970888447854 > 10.0.0.1 Up Normal 224.32 KB 2.81% > 120032232535256657419697899804576121325 > 10.0.0.6 Up Normal 242.93 KB 2.81% > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > > > Address Status State Load Owns Token > > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > 10.0.0.3 Up Normal 218.1 KB 77.56% > 86624712919272143003828971968762407027 > 10.0.0.4 Up Normal 225.71 KB 11.22% > 105714724128406151241468359303513100912 > 10.0.0.5 Up Normal 216.31 KB 5.61% > 115259729732973155360288052970888447854 > 10.0.0.1 Up Normal 224.32 KB 2.81% > 120032232535256657419697899804576121325 > 10.0.0.2 Up Normal 201.21 KB 1.40% > 122418483936398408449402823221419958061 > 10.0.0.6 Up Normal 242.93 KB 1.40% > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > > Address Status State Load Owns Token > > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > 10.0.0.4 Up Normal 225.71 KB 88.78% > 105714724128406151241468359303513100912 > 10.0.0.5 Up Normal 225.61 KB 5.61% > 115259729732973155360288052970888447854 > 10.0.0.1 Up Normal 224.32 KB 2.81% > 120032232535256657419697899804576121325 > 10.0.0.2 Up Normal 201.21 KB 1.40% > 122418483936398408449402823221419958061 > 10.0.0.3 Up Normal 218.13 KB 0.70% > 123611609636969283964255284929841876429 > 10.0.0.6 Up Normal 242.93 KB 0.70% > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > > > Address Status State Load Owns Token > > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > 10.0.0.5 Up Leaving 225.61 KB 94.39% > 115259729732973155360288052970888447854 > 10.0.0.1 Up Normal 214.39 KB 2.81% > 120032232535256657419697899804576121325 > 10.0.0.2 Up Normal 201.21 KB 1.40% > 122418483936398408449402823221419958061 > 10.0.0.3 Up Normal 218.13 KB 0.70% > 123611609636969283964255284929841876429 > 10.0.0.4 Up Normal 220.77 KB 0.35% > 124208172487254721721681515784052835613 > 10.0.0.6 Up Normal 248.08 KB 0.35% > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > > > > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > 10.0.0.1 Up Normal 214.39 KB 97.19% > 120032232535256657419697899804576121325 > 10.0.0.2 Up Normal 205.47 KB 1.40% > 122418483936398408449402823221419958061 > 10.0.0.3 Up Normal 218.13 KB 0.70% > 123611609636969283964255284929841876429 > 10.0.0.4 Up Normal 220.77 KB 0.35% > 124208172487254721721681515784052835613 > 10.0.0.5 Up Normal 220.63 KB 0.18% > 124506453912397440600394631211158315205 > 10.0.0.6 Up Normal 248.08 KB 0.18% > 124804735337540159479107746638263794797 > > > 97.19% ... awesome.