http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.0/operations/cluster_management#changing-the-replication-factor
It looks like a nodetool repair is needed after increasing your RF. I guess that a cleanup has to be performed after decreasing the RF to remove useless replica. Alain 2011/12/5 A J <s5a...@gmail.com> > If I update a keyspace to increase the replication factor; what > happens to existing data for that keyspace ? Does the existing data > get automatically increase its replication ? Or only on a RR or node > repair does the existing data increase its replication factor ? > > Thanks. >