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Edward Capriolo commented on CASSANDRA-4843: -------------------------------------------- Also the comments say, {noformat} # - RandomPartitioner distributes rows across the cluster evenly by md5. # When in doubt, this is the best option. {noformat} If this is the best option why is another option chosen as the default? > When upgrading from 1.1.6 to 1.20 change in partitioner causes nodes not to > start > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: CASSANDRA-4843 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-4843 > Project: Cassandra > Issue Type: Bug > Reporter: Edward Capriolo > > ERROR 10:17:20,341 Cannot open > /home/edward/cassandra/data/system/schema_keyspaces/system-schema_keyspaces-hf-1 > because partitioner does not match > org.apache.cassandra.dht.RandomPartitioner != > org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner > This is because 1.2 has a new default partitioner, why are we changing the > default? Is this wise? The current partitioner has been rock solid for years. > Should the previously known partition be stored in the schema like the > previously know seed nodes, and schema? -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira