The other nodes all have copies of the same data. To optimize performance, all of them stream different parts of the data, even though 102 has all the data that 108 needs. (I think. I&#39;m not an expert.) -Brennan<div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Ramesh Natarajan <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ramesh25@gmail.com" target="_blank">ramesh25@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I am trying to bootstrap cassandra 1.0.10 cluster of 7 nodes to 14 nodes.<div><br></div><div>My seed nodes are 101, 102, 103 and 104.<br><div><br></div><div>Here is my initial ring</div><div><br></div><div><div>Address         DC          Rack        Status State   Load            Owns    Token                                       <br>

</div><div>                                                                               145835300108973627198589117470757804908     </div><div>192.168.1.101   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.16 GB         14.29%  0                                           </div>

<div>192.168.1.102   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.68 GB         14.29%  24305883351495604533098186245126300818      </div><div>192.168.1.103   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.45 GB         14.29%  48611766702991209066196372490252601636      </div>

<div>192.168.1.104   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.16 GB         14.29%  72917650054486813599294558735378902454      </div><div>192.168.1.105   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.33 GB         14.29%  97223533405982418132392744980505203272      </div>

<div>192.168.1.106   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.71 GB         14.29%  121529416757478022665490931225631504090     </div><div>192.168.1.107   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.41 GB         14.29%  145835300108973627198589117470757804908  </div>

<div><br></div></div><div>I add a new node 108 with the initial_token between 101 and 102.  After I start bootstrapping, I see the node is placed in the ring in correct place<br></div><div><br></div><div>Address         DC          Rack        Status State   Load            Owns    Token                                       </div>

<div>                                                                               145835300108973627198589117470757804908     </div><div>192.168.1.101   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.16 GB         14.29%  0                                           </div>

<div>192.168.1.108   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Joining 114.61 KB       7.14%   12152941675747802266549093122563150409      </div><div>192.168.1.102   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.68 GB         7.14%   24305883351495604533098186245126300818      </div>

<div>192.168.1.103   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.4 GB          14.29%  48611766702991209066196372490252601636      </div><div>192.168.1.104   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.15 GB         14.29%  72917650054486813599294558735378902454      </div>

<div>192.168.1.105   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.33 GB         14.29%  97223533405982418132392744980505203272      </div><div>192.168.1.106   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.71 GB         14.29%  121529416757478022665490931225631504090     </div>

<div>192.168.1.107   datacenter1 rack1       Up     Normal  8.41 GB         14.29%  145835300108973627198589117470757804908   </div><div><br></div><div>What puzzles me is when I look at the netstats I see nodes 107,104 and 103 are streaming data to 108.   Can someone explain why this happens?  I was under the impression that only node 102 needs to split the tokens and send to 108. Am I missing something?</div>

<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Streaming from: /<a href="http://192.168.1.107" target="_blank">192.168.1.107</a></div><div>Streaming from: /<a href="http://192.168.1.104" target="_blank">192.168.1.104</a></div><div>Streaming from: /<a href="http://192.168.1.103" target="_blank">192.168.1.103</a></div>

<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Ramesh</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div>
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