> I believe the question is why is the maximum 2**127 and not > 0xffffffffffffffff The maximum is the size of the digest created by MD5.
Does that answer the question? ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Developer @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 3/09/2012, at 8:20 PM, Tim Wintle <timwin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-08-28 at 16:57 +1200, aaron morton wrote: >> Sorry I don't understand your question. >> >> Can you explain it a bit more or maybe someone else knows. > > I believe the question is why is the maximum 2**127 and not > 0xffffffffffffffff > > Tim > >> >> Cheers >> >> ----------------- >> Aaron Morton >> Freelance Developer >> @aaronmorton >> http://www.thelastpickle.com >> >> On 27/08/2012, at 7:16 PM, Romain HARDOUIN <romain.hardo...@urssaf.fr> wrote: >> >>> >>> Thank you Aaron. >>> This limit was pushed down in RandomPartitioner but the question still >>> exists... >>> >>> >>> aaron morton <aa...@thelastpickle.com> a écrit sur 26/08/2012 23:35:50 : >>> >>>>> AbstractHashedPartitioner >>>> does not exist in the trunk. >>>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=cassandra.git; >>>> a=commitdiff;h=a89ef1ffd4cd2ee39a2751f37044dba3015d72f1 >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> ----------------- >>>> Aaron Morton >>>> Freelance Developer >>>> @aaronmorton >>>> http://www.thelastpickle.com >>>> >>>> On 24/08/2012, at 10:51 PM, Romain HARDOUIN <romain.hardo...@urssaf.fr> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> AbstractHashedPartitioner defines a maximum of 2**127 hence an >>>> order of (2**127)+1. >>>>> I'd say that tokens of such partitioners are intented to be >>>> distributed in Z/(127), hence a maximum of (2**127)-1. >>>>> Could there be a mix up between maximum and order? >>>>> This is a detail but could someone confirm/invalidate? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Romain >>>> >> > >
