On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 3:15 PM, Kyrylo Lebediev <kyrylo_lebed...@epam.com> wrote:
> Hello All! > > I've got a pretty standard task - to replace a running C* node [version > 2.1.15, vnodes=256, Ec2Snitch] (IP address will change after replacement, > have no control over it). > > There are 2 ways stated in C* documentation how this can be done: > > 1) Add a new node, than 'nodetool decommission' [ = 2 data streaming + 2 > token range recalculations], > > 2) Stop the node then replace it by setting -Dcassandra.replace_address [ > = 1 data streaming] > Unfortunately, both these methods imply data streaming. > > Is there a supported solution how to replace a live healthy node without > data streaming / bootstrapping? > Something like: "Stop old node, copy data to new node, start new node with > auto_bootstrap=false etc..." > On EC2, if you're using EBS it's pretty easy: drain and stop the old node, attach the volume to the new one and start it. If not using EBS, then you have to copy the data to the new node before it is started. > I was able to find a couple manuals on the Internet, like this one: > http://engineering.mydrivesolutions.com/posts/cassandra_nodes_replacement/, > but not having understanding of C* internals, I don't know if such hacks > are safe. > More or less like that: rsync while the old node is still running, then stop the node and rsync again. But given all the hassle, streaming with replace_address doesn't sound too costly to me. Cheers, -- Alex
