Hey that helped! Just to quell your curiosity here's my snitch: endpoint_snitch: SimpleSnitch
thanks! On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Marcelo Elias Del Valle < marc...@s1mbi0se.com.br> wrote: > > Is "replication_factor" your DC name? > > Here is what I would using: > > > CREATE KEYSPACE IF NOT EXISTS animals > > WITH REPLICATION = { 'class' : 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', > > 'DC1' : 3 }; > > But in my case, I am using GossipPropertyFileSnitch and DC1 is configured > there, so Cassandra knows which nodes are in DC1 (data center 1). Which > snitch are you using? > http://www.datastax.com/documentation/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/architecture/architectureSnitchesAbout_c.html > > > Best regards, > Marcelo. > > > > 2014-06-18 23:54 GMT-03:00 Tim Dunphy <bluethu...@gmail.com>: > > hey all, >> >> I know that something pretty basic must be wrong here. But what is the >> mistake I'm making in creating this keyspace? >> >> cqlsh> create keyspace animals with replication = { 'class': >> 'NetworkTopologyStrategy', 'replication_factor' : 3}; >> Bad Request: Error constructing replication strategy class >> >> Thanks >> Tim >> >> -- >> GPG me!! >> >> gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B >> >> > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B