Hi Paulo,
Yes, that is expected. Now that you are using virtual nodes you should
use "nodetool status" to see an output similar to what you saw with "nodetool
ring" before you enabled virtual nodes.
-Ike Walker
On Oct 15, 2013, at 11:45 AM, Paulo Motta <pauloricard...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently did the "Enabling virtual nodes on an existing production cluster"
> procedure
> (http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/1.2/webhelp/cassandra/configuration/configVnodesProduction_t.html),
> and noticed that the output of the command "nodetool ring" changes
> significantly when virtual nodes are enabled in a new data center.
>
> Before, it showed only 1 token per node, now it shows 256 tokens per node
> (output below). So, that means 256*N entries, which makes the command
> unreadable, while before it was pretty useful to check the cluster status in
> a human-readable format. Moreover, the command is taking much longer to
> execute.
>
> Is this expected behavior, or did I make any mistake during the procedure?
>
> Cassandra version: 1.2.10
>
> Before it was like this:
>
> Datacenter: VNodesDisabled
> ==========
> Replicas: 3
>
> Address Rack Status State Load Owns
> Token
>
> 28356863910078205239614050619314017619
> AAA.BBB.CCC.1 x Up Normal 236.49 GB 20.83%
> 113427455640312821154458002477256070480
> AAA.BBB.CCC.2 x Up Normal 347.6 GB 29.17%
> 77981375752715064543690004203113548455
> AAA.BBB.CCC.3 x Up Normal 332.46 GB 37.50%
> 106338614526609105785626408013334622686
> AAA.BBB.CCC.4 x Up Normal 198.94 GB 20.83%
> 141784319550391026443072753090570088104
> AAA.BBB.CCC.5 x Up Normal 330.68 GB 33.33%
> 92159807707754167187997289512070557265
> AAA.BBB.CCC.6 x Up Normal 268.64 GB 25.00%
> 155962751505430129087380028400227096915
> AAA.BBB.CCC.7 x Up Normal 262.43 GB 25.00%
> 163051967482949680409533666060055601314
> AAA.BBB.CCC.8 x Up Normal 200.18 GB 16.67%
> 1
> AAA.BBB.CCC.9 x Up Normal 189.13 GB 16.67%
> 120516671617832372476611040132084574885
> AAA.BBB.CCC.10 x Up Normal 220.7 GB 25.00%
> 42535295865117307932921025928971026429
> AAA.BBB.CCC.11 x Up Normal 259.36 GB 25.00%
> 35446079887597756610768088274142522024
> AAA.BBB.CCC.12 x Up Normal 270.32 GB 25.00%
> 28356863910078205088614550619314017619
>
>
> Now it is like this:
> Datacenter: VNodesEnabled
> ==========
> Replicas: 3
>
> Address Rack Status State Load Owns
> Token
>
> 168998414504718061309167200639854699955
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.1 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 4176479009577065052560790400565254
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.1 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 291517050854558940844583227825291566
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.1 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 389126351568277133928956802249918052
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.1 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 504218791605899949008255495493335240
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.2 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 4176479009577065052560790400565254
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.2 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 291517050854558940844583227825291566
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.2 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 389126351568277133928956802249918052
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.2 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 504218791605899949008255495493335240
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.3 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 4176479009577065052560790400565254
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.3 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 291517050854558940844583227825291566
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.3 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 389126351568277133928956802249918052
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.3 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 504218791605899949008255495493335240
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.4 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 4176479009577065052560790400565254
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.4 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 291517050854558940844583227825291566
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.4 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 389126351568277133928956802249918052
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.4 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 504218791605899949008255495493335240
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.5 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 4176479009577065052560790400565254
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.5 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 291517050854558940844583227825291566
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.5 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 389126351568277133928956802249918052
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.5 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 504218791605899949008255495493335240
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.6 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 4176479009577065052560790400565254
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.6 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 291517050854558940844583227825291566
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.6 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 389126351568277133928956802249918052
> XXX.YYY.ZZZ.6 y Up Normal 122.84 KB 0.00%
> 504218791605899949008255495493335240
> ....
