Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cassandra-user-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: (qmail 91745 invoked from network); 23 Dec 2009 17:09:58 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 23 Dec 2009 17:09:58 -0000 Received: (qmail 91636 invoked by uid 500); 23 Dec 2009 17:09:57 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-cassandra-user-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 91608 invoked by uid 500); 23 Dec 2009 17:09:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cassandra-user-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: cassandra-user@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list cassandra-user@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 91599 invoked by uid 99); 23 Dec 2009 17:09:57 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:09:57 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of jbellis@gmail.com designates 209.85.220.216 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.220.216] (HELO mail-fx0-f216.google.com) (209.85.220.216) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:09:50 +0000 Received: by fxm8 with SMTP id 8so6939395fxm.27 for ; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:09:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=J8AFc2BGNw9P5ah8xcljlNJROoHBuyZDl0p+P+msJ20=; b=AQhZLI9ztyY21h8bTKE0+pQgTd/LwEFBvgizVnFc2Ah+XM3z7sW6EIuWOdChVvbva6 Kt26efdXHgqo3Bo0M6bE5VTOLp/3uEusqIlOyT0s/yoUuoAFT+w3VvIBdlqGE66b/MNN 1DymNFnwr14O7E94DRiS89EF7F7+/xmwcdOl8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=Z7Bt6DbeN89qmGJVeO6CgT25u2bZ4ijEV2QG9PYX/7EQ+9Xoms+7RgDQBy5bVYRSDu rYPEBIX76jjsofp/okfPSBVOVNOSO6E+g37UEU+C/JzNLRWKMu41pTRIwnVnUsmsjfUk LTD6r082Qyb3W7RVyxTtT3YWTwXdEu0vXUg0U= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.86.193 with SMTP id w43mr3618938wee.17.1261588168224; Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:09:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <766B5A29D28DA442AB229AAEE2AFC44507D7B9150B@SEAMBX.corp.real.com> References: <4B31897C.7020505@gmail.com> <4B3190DD.7000608@gmail.com> <200912231906398281184@sina.com> <764B352CF55C514F816B4B14BD2450D8043FD0F1@bcs-mail04.internal.cacheflow.com> <766B5A29D28DA442AB229AAEE2AFC44507D7B9150B@SEAMBX.corp.real.com> From: Jonathan Ellis Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:09:08 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: RE: Why seed can't startup in Bootstrap mode ? To: cassandra-user@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Brian Burruss wrote: > my understanding ... if a node crashes and loses data, simply restarting it and doing a node repair might work. > > bootstrapping is for adding new nodes, correct? yes and yes, although if you lose enough data it may be faster to just wipe it and start over w/ bootstrap.