Or could we do a rapid clone to a new cluster, then add that as another
datacenter?

On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Carl Mueller <carl.muel...@smartthings.com
> wrote:

> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48776589/cassandra-
> cant-one-use-snapshots-to-rapidly-scale-out-a-cluster/48778179#48778179
>
> So the basic question is, if one records tokens and snapshots from an
> existing node, via:
>
> nodetool ring | grep ip_address_of_node | awk '{print $NF ","}' | xargs
>
>
> for the desired node IP
>
> then takes snapshots
>
> then transfers the snapshots to a new node (not yet attached to cluster)
>
> sets up initial_tokens in the yaml
>
> sets up schema to match
>
> then has it join the cluster
>
> Would that allow quick scaleup of nodes/replication of data? I don't care
> if the vnode map changes after the initial join, or data starts being
> streamed off as it rebalances, as the cluster
>
> Is there an issue if the vnodes tokens for two nodes are identical? Do
> they have to be distinct for each node?
> Is it that it mucks with the RF since there will be a greater RF than
> normal?
> Is this just not that practically faster than an sstable load?
>
> Basically, I was wondering if we just use this to double the number of
> nodes with identical copies of the node data via snapshots, and then later
> on cassandra can pare down which nodes own which data.
>
>
>

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