Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 719341049E for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:36:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 61326 invoked by uid 500); 19 Sep 2013 16:36:17 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-cassandra-user-archive@cassandra.apache.org Received: (qmail 60099 invoked by uid 500); 19 Sep 2013 16:36:10 -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 59545 invoked by uid 99); 19 Sep 2013 16:36:09 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:36:09 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of rcoli@eventbrite.com designates 209.85.216.49 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.216.49] (HELO mail-qa0-f49.google.com) (209.85.216.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 16:36:03 +0000 Received: by mail-qa0-f49.google.com with SMTP id k15so3746484qaq.8 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:35:42 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=dtd/M8L9NN6zOpYedZX1czT2WCqqe5wwIoJ9T7W/130=; b=Z7hRqzYozbkLgZs+of2a3vNgSAVYeupNTNwcezc/txCMB1mC+K8+4ranfhkElIw+q5 CVb8w8WMXA94HHgw6z1Yg7Hsy+6cLDUdg0FCbXZL1x2PFVjhNc/LeK0HL8ITlY587GLG hIl9BoL/jCzUskgV7IusSdMLcnX7TTYIVJU8/+uSgqVt7fePPmC7TBaAQf7qaKeLeHDy 1xiTvuNhpk7fxInsHrCSGQOxQVJjNDlHgz3I8Bl4f07yo2aknXNmzdfL/X0tnjsTj2S3 NkZnOY1AvPtX3ifazhacx10cLA+W+J7JH2VIuhHHYShBB8Is3LgGidbuj0ZNlU3PV6GY +Ppw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnUcSmEST1XT9kEL6ztllIMU1bqE9GzHt2VrYOsAaKWoET9XqiKojlesX4Sf7I2fVS4NKMU MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.49.0.198 with SMTP id 6mr5477655qeg.48.1379608542319; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:35:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.67.70 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:35:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <45B81A29-6E63-471D-9C50-D0CC98ACA035@generalsentiment.com> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:35:42 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Cassandra 1.2.9 cluster with vnodes is heavily unbalanced. From: Robert Coli To: "user@cassandra.apache.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b33d79c18287104e6bf25f6 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --047d7b33d79c18287104e6bf25f6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Richard Low wrote: > I think what has happened is that Cassandra was started with num_tokens = > 1, then shutdown and num_tokens set to 256. When this happens, the first > time Cassandra chooses a single random token. Then when restarted it > splits the token into 256 adjacent ranges. > Suruchi, By which mechanism did you install Cassandra? I ask out of concern that there may be an issue in the some packaging leading to the above sequence of events. =Rob --047d7b33d79c18287104e6bf25f6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Richard Low <richard@w= entnet.com> wrote:
I think what has happened is that Cassand= ra was started with num_tokens =3D 1, then shutdown and num_tokens set to 2= 56. =A0When this happens, the first time Cassandra chooses a single random = token. =A0Then when restarted it splits the token into 256 adjacent ranges.=

Suruchi,

By which mechanism did you install Cassandra= ? I ask out of concern that there may be an issue in the some packaging lea= ding to the above sequence of events.

=3DRob
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