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Is there a specific reason why Cassandra4.0 recommends to use 16 tokens?

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:11 PM Jeff Jirsa <jji...@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Apr 27, 2021, at 10:47 PM, Jai Bheemsen Rao Dhanwada <
> jaibheem...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I am currently using num_tokens: 256 in my cluster with the version 3.11.6
> and when I looked at the Cassandra4.0 I see the num_tokens set to 16.
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> Is there a specific reason for changing the default value from 256 to 16?
> What is the best value to use ?
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> Probably something like 16 on new clusters. If you have an existing
> cluster, it’s likely not worth the hassle to change it unless it’s actively
> causing you pain
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> If 16 is recommended, is there a way to change the num_tokens to 16 from
> 256 on the live production cluster?
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> Not easily, no. You have to add a new data center or similar. Lots of
> effort.
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> I tried to directly update and restart Cassandra but the process won't
> startup with the below error
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> org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.ConfigurationException: Cannot change the
>> number of tokens from 256 to 16
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> Any suggestions?
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> Change the yaml back to 256 so it starts
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