Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 41984 invoked from network); 9 Jun 2010 19:27:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 9 Jun 2010 19:27:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 687 invoked by uid 500); 9 Jun 2010 19:27:36 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 665 invoked by uid 500); 9 Jun 2010 19:27:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@cassandra.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@cassandra.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 657 invoked by uid 99); 9 Jun 2010 19:27:36 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:27:36 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of jbellis@gmail.com designates 74.125.82.44 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.44] (HELO mail-ww0-f44.google.com) (74.125.82.44) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:27:30 +0000 Received: by wwc33 with SMTP id 33so1772949wwc.31 for ; Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:27:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=atDyznfUiFaGMzU1Js/GkA7Xliiy3AcbS3oBDiZm9xE=; b=cYN4L1jK1Fr7oHwCkFoZ6jSzMJcciO6XNHUCyBr9nYiwXKrz66ruvDVdF/R5ZmRlzQ Xsz6sevLcmsgANBTDVcDQ2tlChWtlsunsxQKGlsoDfe17dZkFWiR38YSb5Bu9zti4NP0 7tUV02F2PJMKW5OXDHtVgUbKgt+owK+i2H6Uo= 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=mstJrI9Yisi4oQJbu5rBixOo5PxNnIz3EgzoOkbBMH95tufKw729vpOrdYGfhz6tjT 2L86dcC6x+/gnA2KD48NP4bKVYMQ/oqf5XqtORrnjCqWoT9xwG0g5FPOJRz+r35LKu8W ouitNkDL0BUjbUh4sdacw5l2zdSsX3713oDmU= Received: by 10.227.146.13 with SMTP id f13mr1992500wbv.179.1276111629211; Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:27:09 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.17.197 with HTTP; Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:26:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <1C02D040F8560347822BE76ECDB76A18408F94B288@MAIL01.interprise.dk> From: Jonathan Ellis Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 12:26:49 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Seeds and AutoBoostrap To: user@cassandra.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org right On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Per Olesen wrote: > > On Jun 9, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Ben Browning wrote: > >> There really aren't "seed nodes" in a Cassandra cluster. When you >> specify a seed in a node's configuration it's just a way to let it >> know how to find the other nodes in the cluster. A node functions the >> same whether it is another node's seed or not. In other words, all of >> the nodes in a cluster are functionally identical - no masters, no >> slaves, no seeds, etc. > > Okay. So, for a node A to function as a seed for other node B, the node A does NOT have to be started with a storage-conf that mentions itself as a seed. Only thing for node A to be a seed for B is that B mentions A as a seed in its storage-conf? > > -- Jonathan Ellis Project Chair, Apache Cassandra co-founder of Riptano, the source for professional Cassandra support http://riptano.com