On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Langston, Jim <jim.langs...@compuware.com>wrote:
> I have built a new 4 node cluster and would like to move the data > from the current 2 node cluster to the new cluster. What would be > the best way to move the data and utilize it on the new cluster. I > have looked at snapshot and also just copying the entire tree from > the old cluster to the new cluster. Not sure what the best practice > would be. I'm testing that process now in preparation for moving the > current data (production) to the new larger ring (systems are bigger > and more memory) and decommission the older ring (smaller systems, > less memory). > http://www.palominodb.com/blog/2012/09/25/bulk-loading-options-cassandra In your case, I would just copy all sstables to all target nodes and run cleanup. =Rob
