<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/11/14 Liu Yuan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:namei.unix@gmail.com" target="_blank">namei.unix@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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</div></div>Yes, the metadata is only used to authenticate the joining node and if you purge<br>
configuration before you join the node back, in practice it is same as you join<br>
it directly without purging<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Good.<br></div><div>I was wondering if purging the metadata may help in the case of a node failing to re-join the cluster (the case when it's aware of itself only).<br>
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