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I am trying to expand my cluster and receiving this error in the UI 

 

Failure in pre expand-cluster tests. Errors: Failed to start foundation service to do network validation SSD tier on nodes su'xx.xx.xx.xx', u'xx.xx.xx.xx'] is not sized to accomodate expected metadata growth on cluster. Refer KB-8842 for more details. Cluster has 1 nodes. Cluster expansion from less than 2 nodes not supported

 

KB-8842 - i run the test outlined in kb-8842 and do not get any errors. Only warnings not related to the cluster expansion.

health_checks run_all

+-----------------------+
| State         | Count |
+-----------------------+
| Pass          | 198   |
| Info          | 2     |
| Warning       | 2     |
| Total Plugins | 202   |
+----------------------∓

 

It states this and it appears that the ssd is to small.

Using data obtained in the preceding output, look for the nodes with the smallest SSD tier, especially in a heavily skewed cluster. In order to sustain cluster growth, sizing of the SSDs in smaller nodes is of utmost importance.
 

/dev/sdd1        5678267    78   5620830   1% /home/nutanix/data/stargate-storage/disks/ZAD6LD530000C911
/dev/sda4         420116   257    415574   1% /home/nutanix/data/stargate-storage/disks/S5GBNE0MA00406X
/dev/sdc1        5678267    65   5620842   1% /home/nutanix/data/stargate-storage/disks/ZAD6LEBG0000C913
/dev/sdb1        5678267    66   5620842   1% /home/nutanix/data/stargate-storage/disks/ZAD6LED60000C913

I am trying to install ce-2020.09.16, and it has installed successfully but i can not expand the cluster.

 

I have 3 servers with the exact same configuration.

ssd = 430GB
hhd - 5TB x 3  (data)

 

The question is:

Since the error is concerning the size of the SSD, What is the correct sizing of the SSD for this configuration

Is there a sizing matrix that is supported somewhere online?

 

 

 

@Joe Fong HI,

 

Here is the link to the recommended Hardware specs for CE.  

 

https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Community-Edition-Getting-Started:Nutanix-Community-Edition-Getting-Started

 

Hopefully this answers your question.  Let me know.

 

Mike

Hi @Joe Fong 

 

Have you checked the doc that @Michael.Manuele shared?

 

What i understood from your post (cluster has one node, Cluster expansion from less than 2 nodes not supported) is that you are trying to to expand a CE single node cluster to a CE three node cluster. 

 

If that statement is correct the docs says:

  • A Community Edition Single-node Cluster is created with redundancy factor 1. You cannot extend an existing single-node cluster to a three- or four-node cluster, to automatically create a cluster with redundancy factor 2. To expand to a three- or four-node cluster when you have a single-node cluster, destroy the cluster first, then create the new cluster. See Destroying a Cluster.

 

So i’m afraid that you should destroy the single node cluster an then create a new three node cluster

 

Regards!

Hello,

Check hcl.json in the existing cluster. It may not be up to date.

BR,

Hi. Did anybody find a solution to this issue?
I have a 3-node CE cluster and traing to add a fourth which has exaclty the same HW specs as the original three.
The cassandra SSD size check is a Pass, and the CE HW requirements are all met.
any ideas?

Thanks

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