Detail
Why do records suddenly get removed from a cluster when a node that was formerly part of this or another cluster is added? The newly-added node has had its data disks
completely wiped , so it shouldn’t have anything that affects data.
Answer
Although the records themselves live on the
device s specified in the configuration file, there is some important information also kept in the
system metadata (SMD) directory . This includes potential truncate times (before which records should be removed) for sets and namespaces that have had
truncate or
truncate-namespace performed on them.
Notes
Use caution when returning a node to the cluster. This phenomenon can result in unexpected data loss. Deleting all files in the SMD directory before returning the node and letting them be repopulated from other nodes in the cluster is the safer option.
Applies To Earliest Version
Pre 4.9
Applies To Latest Version
Current Version
