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From: Jonathan Ellis <jbellis@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 19:28:13 -0600
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Subject: Re: Configuring Cassandra
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On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Coe, Robin <robin.coe@bluecoat.com> wrote:
> I'd love to see this document grow as time permits, to include known
> caveats, hidden features, tweaks, etc. =A0Perhaps, with some common use
> cases to help elucidate the content?

My writing well is exhausted for now but that's the nice thing about wikis.=
.. :)

> One question, though. =A0I thought I read about using an initial token fo=
r
> a RandmizedPartioner of between 0 and 127, but in your write-up, you say
> the value should be i * (2**127 / N) for i =3D 1 .. N. =A0That's a slight=
ly
> larger number. =A0Can you clarify?

2**127 is correct (since MD5 is a 128-bit hash).