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Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:33:41 -0600
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LOL, I feel Eric's pain.  This double-ring thing can throw you for a 
loop since, like I said, there is only one place it is documented and it 
is only *implied*, so one is not sure he is interpreting it correctly.  
Even the source for NTS doesn't mention this.

Thanks for everyone's help on this.

On 6/16/2011 5:43 AM, aaron morton wrote:
> See this thread for background 
> http://cassandra-user-incubator-apache-org.3065146.n2.nabble.com/Replica-data-distributing-between-racks-td6324819.html 
>
>
> In a multi DC environment, if you calculate the initial tokens for the 
> entire cluster data will not be evenly distributed.
>
> Cheers
>
> -----------------
> Aaron Morton
> Freelance Cassandra Developer
> @aaronmorton
> http://www.thelastpickle.com
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    LOL, I feel Eric's pain.&nbsp; This double-ring thing can throw you for a
    loop since, like I said, there is only one place it is documented
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    correctly.&nbsp; Even the source for NTS doesn't mention this.<br>
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    Thanks for everyone's help on this.<br>
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    On 6/16/2011 5:43 AM, aaron morton wrote:
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