Hi experts, I have a 6 node cluster across 2 DCs(DC1:3, DC2:3). I have assigned tokens using the first strategy(adding 1) mentioned here -
http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/Operations?#Token_selection But when I run nodetool ring on my cluster, this is the result I get - Address DC Rack Status State Load Owns Token 113427455640312814857969558651062452225 172.17.72.91 DC1 RAC13 Up Normal 102.07 GB 33.33% 0 45.10.80.144 DC2 RAC5 Up Normal 59.1 GB 0.00% 1 172.17.72.93 DC1 RAC18 Up Normal 59.57 GB 33.33% 56713727820156407428984779325531226112 45.10.80.146 DC2 RAC7 Up Normal 59.64 GB 0.00% 56713727820156407428984779325531226113 172.17.72.95 DC1 RAC19 Up Normal 69.58 GB 33.33% 113427455640312814857969558651062452224 45.10.80.148 DC2 RAC9 Up Normal 59.31 GB 0.00% 113427455640312814857969558651062452225 As you can see the first node has considerably more load than the others(almost double) which is surprising since all these are replicas of each other. I am running Cassandra 0.8.4. Is there an explanation for this behaviour? Could https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-2433 be the cause for this? Thanks -Raj