A restart of node1 fixed the problem. The only thing I saw in the log of node1 before the problem was the following:
InetAddress /172.27.70.135 is now dead. InetAddress /172.27.70.135 is now UP After this, the nodetool ring command showed node 172.27.70.135 as dead. You mention a "stored ring view". Can it be that this stored ring view was out of sync with the actual (gossip) situation? Thanks! Rene From: aaron morton [mailto:aa...@thelastpickle.com] Sent: woensdag 1 februari 2012 21:03 To: user@cassandra.apache.org Subject: Re: Node down Without knowing too much more information I would try this... * Restart node each node in turn, watch the logs to see what it says about the other. * If that restart did not fix it, try using the Dcassandra.load_ring_state=false JVM option when starting the node. That will tell it to ignore it's stored ring view and use what gossip is telling it. Add it as a new line at the bottom of cassandra-env.sh. If it's still failing watch the logs and see what it says when it marks the other as been down. Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 1/02/2012, at 11:12 PM, Rene Kochen wrote: I have a cluster with seven nodes. If I run the node-tool ring command on all nodes, I see the following: Node1 says that node2 is down. Node 2 says that node1 is down. All other nodes say that everyone is up. Is this normal behavior? I see no network related problems. Also no problems between node1 and node2. I use Cassandra 0.7.10 Thanks, Rene