Hi, Your summary looks correct. It should be possible to manage your baseline topology using a config file, provided you follow the steps outlined.
more info here: https://apacheignite.readme.io/docs/baseline-topology#section-triggering-rebalancing-programmatically You can use https://ignite.apache.org/releases/latest/javadoc/org/apache/ignite/events/CacheRebalancingEvent.html for each cache You can also use JMX to monitor rebalance: https://www.gridgain.com/docs/latest/administrators-guide/monitoring-metrics/metrics#monitoring-rebalancing In general, it is advisable to clean old metadata when re-adding a baseline node(especially if you made changes to you cache config), but be careful to make sure that no data is lost inadvertently. -- Sent from: http://apache-ignite-users.70518.x6.nabble.com/