On Tue, Nov 17, 2015 at 4:33 AM, Anuj Wadehra <anujw_2...@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Only if gc_grace_seconds havent passed since the failure. If your machine > is down for more than gc_grace_seconds you need to delete the data > directory and go with auto bootstrap = true . > Since CASSANDRA-6961 you can : 1) bring up the node with join_ring=false 2) repair it 3) join it to the cluster https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-6961 This prevents you from decreasing your unique replica count, which is usually a good thing! =Rob
