On Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Christopher Wirt <chris.w...@struq.com>wrote:
> ** > > If we were to take down a node and change the listen address then re-join > the ring, the other nodes will mark the node as dead when we take it down > and assume we have a new node when we bring it back on a different address. > ** > > Lots of wasted rebalancing and compaction will start.**** > > We use Cassandra 1.2.4 w/vnodes.**** > > In theory you can : 1) stop cassandra 2) change ip/config/etc. 3) restart cassandra with auto_bootstrap=false in cassandra.yaml I believe this should "just work" because the node knows what tokens it is claiming from the system keyspace, it simply announces to the cluster that it is now responsible for each of those ranges. The other nodes say should just say "ok". If you do this, please let us know the results! Obviously you should try it first on a non-production cluster... So back to question one, am I wasting my time? > My hunch is "probably" but it is just a hunch. =Rob
