I just read this article by tlp: https://thelastpickle.com/blog/2019/02/21/set-up-a-cluster-with-even-token-distribution.html
Noticed that: >>We will need to set the tokens for the seed nodes in each rack manually. This >>is to prevent each node from randomly calculating its own token ranges But until now, i was using this recommendation to setup a new cluster: >> You'll want to set them explicitly using: python -c 'print( [str(((2**64 / 4) * i) - 2**63) for i in range(4)])' After you fire up the first seed, create a keyspace using RF=3 (or whatever you're planning on using) and set allocate_tokens_for_keyspace to that keyspace in your config, and join the rest of the nodes. That gives even distribution. I've defined plenty of racks in my cluster (and only 3 seed nodes), should i have a seed node per rack and use initial_token for all of the seed nodes or just one seed node with inital_token would be ok? Best Regards
