We are using 1.2.2 cassandra and have rolled on 3 additionals nodes to our 6 node cluster(totalling 9 so far). We are trying to roll on node 10 but during the streaming a compaction kicked off which seemed very odd to us. "nodetool netstats" still reported tons of files that were not transferred yet. Is this normal that compaction might kick off during bootstrapping a new node. Our node still says "Joining" in "nodetool netstats" as well. The ring does not show the new node yet either. Lastly, "nodetool netstats" reports 0% on EVERY single file and this doesn't seem to change. The bootstrap node seems hung so a few questions
1. Is compaction supposed to go off during a bootstrapping node? 2. I seem to recall a bootstrap node setting in cassandra.yaml but that was not one of the steps I recall in the datastax docs we went off of……in 1.2.2, is there any setting we need to set for a bootstrapping node that we missed(our other nodes joined just fine though and seem to be working great). 3. What can I do to get this node to start streaming files again …can I just reboot the cassandra or should I start from scratch somehow? 4. IF I need to start from scratch, I assume I a) stop the node, b) wipe commitlog and data directories, c) start the node back up. Would that be correct? After all, the other nodes don't seem to know about this new node according to "nodetool ring" command. Thanks for any help on this one, Dean
