Seeds are there to bootstrap a node for the very first time when it's has zero knowledge about the ring.
I think I also read somewhere that seed nodes are periodically queried for some sanity checks and therefore one should not include too many nodes in the seed list. kurt greaves <k...@instaclustr.com> schrieb am Sa. 22. Juli 2017 um 01:48: > Haven't checked the code but pretty sure it's because it will always use > the known state stored in the system tables. the seeds in the yaml are > mostly for initial set up, used to discover the rest of the nodes in the > ring. > > Once that's done there is little reason to refer to them again, unless > forced. >
