Migrate from one cluster of N nodes to another cluster of M nodes where N>M

2017-10-13 Thread Jean Carlo
Hello cassandra folks. So I want to ask how to migrate a keyspace in production to another smaller cluster without have a downtime service. So I was thinking that I dont want to use sstableloader and paid for the compactions and streaming. I want actually to use the procedure when both clusters h

Re: Migrate from one cluster of N nodes to another cluster of M nodes where N>M

2017-10-15 Thread kurt greaves
If you create a new cluster and mimic the tokens across less nodes you will still have downtime/missing data between the point when you copy all the SSTables across and any new writes to the old cluster after you take the copy. Only way to really do this effectively is to do a DC migration. Brief r

Re: Migrate from one cluster of N nodes to another cluster of M nodes where N>M

2017-10-16 Thread Jean Carlo
Hi Kurt, Thanks for your answer. I was analysing this migration you said, and if I am not wrong, I wont be able to have two cluster independents. I wil try to explain this, as I can see, after the splits of DC's, I wont be able to change the name of the cluster, Am I right ? Even if I change the

Re: Migrate from one cluster of N nodes to another cluster of M nodes where N>M

2017-10-16 Thread kurt greaves
you can change the cluster name, but it requires downtime. do you really need a different cluster name? On 16 Oct. 2017 11:17 pm, "Jean Carlo" wrote: > Hi Kurt, > > Thanks for your answer. I was analysing this migration you said, and if I > am not wrong, I wont be able to have two cluster indepe