Bring down the second node using nodetool removenode or decommission Add the node with num_tokens and run the nodetool repair.
At last run the nodetool cleanup on both the nodes (one after the other) Observe after some time using nodetool status. On Apr 23, 2015 12:39 AM, "Robert Coli" <rc...@eventbrite.com> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:14 PM, Tiwari, Tarun <tarun.tiw...@kronos.com> > wrote: > >> I read that there was nodetool balance kind of command in Cassandra 0.7 >> but not anymore. >> > > It never worked, really. > > >> UN Node3 23.72 MB 1 0.4% >> 41a71df-7e6c-40ab-902f-237697eaaf3e rack1 >> >> UN Node2 79.35 MB 1 0.5% 98c493b-f661-491e-9d1f-1803f859528b >> rack1 >> >> UN Node1 86.93 MB 256 99.1% a35ccca-556c-4f77-aa6d-7e3dad41ecf8 >> rack1 >> >> >> >> Is there something that we can do now balance the cluster? >> > > Just run removenode on the two nodes with almost no data, one at a time. > > Then add them back with vnodes enabled, one at a time. > > As an aside, if the size of this cluster will never be greater than 9 or > so nodes, you Mostly Lose by using vnodes. > > =Rob > >
