Special case if you have 3 nodes and RF 3 you can copy the files to each node and use nodetool refresh.
Cheers ----------------- Aaron Morton Freelance Cassandra Consultant New Zealand @aaronmorton http://www.thelastpickle.com On 9/05/2013, at 11:20 AM, Jonathan Ellis <jbel...@gmail.com> wrote: > You want to use sstableloader when the cluster sizes are different; it > will stream things to the right places in the new one. > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Ron Siemens <rsiem...@greatergood.com> wrote: >> >> 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 >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Ellis > Project Chair, Apache Cassandra > co-founder, http://www.datastax.com > @spyced
