I am using virtual box for configuring cassandra nodes, i am able to start a cluster with three nodes, i didn’t gave any initial tokens while starting for all three nodes, the three nodes are taking different loads one is taking 85% another 11% and the last is taking 4% can any one have idea why the nodes are not balanced with in these three nodes while starting up.
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In order to get even data distribution you need to manually specify the tokens in your conf.
http://www.datastax.com/docs/1.1/initialize/token_generation