Is nodetool removenode / decommission actually needed having a RF > 1 ? What 
does it do, exactly ?

Il giorno 19/mar/2013, alle ore 16:45, Alain RODRIGUEZ <arodr...@gmail.com> ha 
scritto:

> In 1.2, you may want to use the nodetool removenode if your server i broken 
> or unreachable, else I guess nodetool decommission remains the good way to 
> remove a node. (http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.2/references/nodetool)
> 
> When this node is out, rm -rf /yourpath/cassandra/* on this serveur, change 
> the configuration if needed (not sure about the auto_bootstrap param) and 
> start Cassandra on that node again. It should join the ring as a new node.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> 
> 2013/3/19 Hiller, Dean <dean.hil...@nrel.gov>
> Since you "cleared" out that node, it IS the replacement node.
> 
> Dean
> 
> From: Jabbar Azam <aja...@gmail.com<mailto:aja...@gmail.com>>
> Reply-To: "user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>" 
> <user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>>
> Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 9:29 AM
> To: "user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>" 
> <user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>>
> Subject: Re: Recovering from a faulty cassandra node
> 
> Hello Dean.
> 
> I'm using vnodes so can't specify a token. In addition I can't follow the 
> replace node docs because I don't have a replacement node.
> 
> 
> On 19 March 2013 15:25, Hiller, Dean 
> <dean.hil...@nrel.gov<mailto:dean.hil...@nrel.gov>> wrote:
> I have not done this as of yet but from all that I have read your best option 
> is to follow the replace node documentation which I belive you need to
> 
> 
>  1.  Have the token be the same BUT add 1 to it so it doesn't think it's the 
> same computer
>  2.  Have the bootstrap option set or something so streaming takes affect.
> 
> I would however test that all out in QA to make sure it works and if you have 
> QUOROM reads/writes a good part of that test would be to take node X down 
> after your node Y is back in the cluster to make sure reads/writes are 
> working on the node you fixed…..you just need to make sure node X shares one 
> of the token ranges of node Y AND your writes/reads are in that token range.
> 
> Dean
> 
> From: Jabbar Azam 
> <aja...@gmail.com<mailto:aja...@gmail.com><mailto:aja...@gmail.com<mailto:aja...@gmail.com>>>
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>  
> <user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org><mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>>>
> Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 8:51 AM
> To: 
> "user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org><mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>>"
>  
> <user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org><mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org<mailto:user@cassandra.apache.org>>>
> Subject: Recovering from a faulty cassandra node
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using Cassandra 1.2.2 on a 4 node test cluster with vnodes. I waited for 
> over a week to insert lots of data into the cluster. During the end of the 
> process one of the nodes had a hardware fault.
> 
> I have fixed the hardware fault but the filing system on that node is corrupt 
> so I'll have to reinstall the OS and cassandra.
> 
> I can think of two ways of reintegrating the host into the cluster
> 
> 1) shrink the cluster to three nodes and add the node into the cluster
> 
> 2) Add the node into the cluster without shrinking
> 
> I'm not sure of the best approach to take and I'm not sure how to achieve 
> each step.
> 
> Can anybody help?
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks
> 
>  Jabbar Azam
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks
> 
> Jabbar Azam
> 

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