Great to hear that you're cutting over to Riak. We highly recommend that your minimum cluster size is your N value (replication value) + 2. I your case that li

Great to hear that you're cutting over to Riak. We highly recommend that your minimum cluster size is your N value (replication value) + 2. I your case that likely means 5 nodes for your starting cluster, not 3. There are many reasons. http://basho.com/blog/technical/2012/04/27/Why-Your-Riak-Cluster-Should-Have-At-Least-Five-Nodes/ http://basho.com/blog/technical/2012/04/27/Why-Your-Riak-Clu...