Add Ranks

Add one or more new ranks to the Kinetica cluster. The new ranks will not contain any data initially, other than replicated tables, and not be assigned any shards. To rebalance data across the cluster, which includes shifting some shard key assignments to newly added ranks, see Rebalance Data.

For example, if attempting to add three new ranks (two ranks on host 172.123.45.67 and one rank on host 172.123.45.68) to a Kinetica cluster with additional configuration parameters:

• input parameter hosts would be an array including 172.123.45.67 in the first two indices (signifying two ranks being added to host 172.123.45.67) and 172.123.45.68 in the last index (signifying one rank being added to host 172.123.45.67)
• input parameter config_params would be an array of maps, with each map corresponding to the ranks being added in input parameter hosts. The key of each map would be the configuration parameter name and the value would be the parameter's value, e.g. 'rank.gpu':'1'

This endpoint's processing includes copying all replicated table data to the new rank(s) and therefore could take a long time. The API call may time out if run directly. It is recommended to run this endpoint asynchronously via Create Asynchronous Job.

Input Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
hosts	array of strings	The IP address of each rank being added to the cluster. Insert one entry per rank, even if they are on the same host. The order of the hosts in the array only matters as it relates to the input parameter config_params.
config_params	array of maps of string to strings	Configuration parameters to apply to the new ranks, e.g., which GPU to use. Configuration parameters that start with 'rankN.', where N is the rank number, should omit the N, as the new rank number(s) are not allocated until the ranks are created. Each entry in this array corresponds to the entry at the same array index in the input parameter hosts. This array must either be completely empty or have the same number of elements as the hosts array. An empty array will result in the new ranks being set only with default parameters.
options	map of string to strings	Optional parameters. The default value is an empty map ( {} ). Supported Parameters (keys) Parameter Description dry_run If true, only validation checks will be performed. No ranks are added. The default value is false. The supported values are: true false

Output Parameter Description

Name	Type	Description
added_ranks	array of ints	The number assigned to each newly added rank, in the same order as the ranks in the input parameter hosts. Will be empty if the operation fails.
results	array of strings	Text description of the result of each rank being added. Indicates the reason for any errors that occur. Entries are in the same order as the input parameter hosts.
info	map of string to strings	Additional information.