I'm wondering if what you are seeing is https://datastax-oss.atlassian.net/browse/PYTHON-643 (that could still be a sign of a potential data hotspot)
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 10:57 PM, Andrew Bialecki < andrew.biale...@klaviyo.com> wrote: > We're using the "default" TokenAwarePolicy. Our nodes are spread across > different racks within one datacenter. I've turned on debug logging for the > Python driver, but it doesn't look like it logs which Casandra node each > request goes to, but maybe I haven't got the right logging set to debug. > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 12:39 AM, Ben Slater <ben.sla...@instaclustr.com> > wrote: > >> What load balancing policies are you using in your client code ( >> https://datastax.github.io/python-driver/api/cassandra/policies.html)? >> >> Cheers >> Ben >> >> On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 at 16:22 Andrew Bialecki <andrew.biale...@klaviyo.com> >> wrote: >> >>> We have an odd situation where all of a sudden of our cluster started >>> seeing a disproportionate number of writes go to one node. We're using the >>> Python driver version 3.7.1. I'm not sure if this is a driver issue or >>> possibly a network issue causing requests to get routed in an odd way. It's >>> not absolute, there are requests going to all nodes. >>> >>> Tried restarting the problematic node, no luck (those are the quiet >>> periods). Tried restarting the clients, also no luck. Checked nodetool >>> status and ownership is even across the cluster. >>> >>> Curious if anyone's seen this behavior before. Seems like the next step >>> will be to debug the client and see why it's choosing that node. >>> >>> [image: Inline image 1] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AB >>> >> > > > -- > AB > -- Bests, Alex Popescu | @al3xandru Sen. Product Manager @ DataStax