On 30 August 2013 18:42, Jeremiah D Jordan <jeremiah.jor...@gmail.com>wrote:
You need to introduce the new "vnode enabled" nodes in a new DC. Or you > will have similar issues to > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-5525 > > Add vnode DC: > > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/operations/ops_add_dc_to_cluster_t.html > > Point clients to new DC > > Remove non vnode DC: > > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/webhelp/index.html#cassandra/operations/ops_decomission_dc_t.html > This is a good workaround if you have the hardware to temporarily have a cluster that's double the size. If you don't then I think shuffle is the only option, but it is known to have issues. Richard.
