title: Removing node from Datastax Cluster
body: <p>My current cluster contain <strong>6 SearchGraph</strong> nodes and replication factor is 2.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Datacenter: SearchGraph
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  UN  192.168.8.1  469 MiB     1            ?       936a1ac0-6d5e-4a94-8953-d5b5a2016b92  rack1
  UN  192.168.8.2  427.71 MiB  1            ?       3f41dc2a-2672-47a1-90b5-a7c2bf17fb50  rack1
  UN  192.168.8.3  431.27 MiB  1            ?       29f8fe44-3431-465e-b682-5d24e37d41d7  rack2
  UN  192.168.8.4  480.73 MiB  1            ?       1f7de531-ff51-4581-bdb8-d9a686f1099e  rack2
  UN  192.168.8.5  498.9 MiB   1            ?       27d37833-56c8-44bd-bac0-7511b8bd74e8  rack2
  UN  192.168.8.6  882.4 MiB   1            ?       0822145f-4225-4ad3-b2be-c995cc230830  rack1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am planning to remove exiting 3 instance from cluster. I need only 3 instance in my cluster. Can any one specify the steps to be followed with out losing data.</p>