I have a 3-node cluster in production and a single-node development cluster. I tested snapshotting a column family from the 3-node production cluster, grouping the files together, and restoring onto my single node development system. That worked fine. Can I go the other direction? It's not easy for me to test in that direction: I'll get the chance at some point but would like to hear if you've done this.
If I just put the snapshot from the single node cluster on one of the nodes from the 3-node cluster, and do a JMX loadNewSSTables on that node, will the data load correctly into the 3-nodes? Or is something more complex involved? FYI, I'm following the instructions below, but only doing per column family backup and restore. http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.2/operations/backup_restore Thanks, Ron
