Hello Christian, You may use the start-up parameter -Dcassandra.join_ring=false if you don't want the node to join the ring on startup. More about this parameter here: http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/tools/toolsCUtility_t.html
You can later join the ring via nodetool join command: http://docs.datastax.com/en/cassandra/2.0/cassandra/tools/toolsJoin.html auto_bootstrap=false is typically used to bootstrap new datacenters or clusters, or nodes with data already on it before starting the process. Cheers, Paulo 2015-08-04 8:50 GMT-03:00 horschi <hors...@gmail.com>: > Hi everyone, > > I'll just ask my question as provocative as possible ;-) > > Isnt't auto_bootstrap=false broken the way it is currently implemented? > > What currently happens: > New node starts with auto_bootstrap=false and it starts serving reads > immediately without having any data. > > Would the following be more correct: > - New node should stay in a joining state > - Operator loads data (e.g. using nodetool rebuild or putting in backupped > files or whatever) > - Operator has to manually switch from joining into normal state using > nodetool (only then it will start serving reads) > > Wouldn't this behaviour more consistent? > > kind regards, > Christian >
