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# distributing load across conductors. Larger values will
# result in more even distribution of load and less load when
# rebalancing the ring, but more memory usage. Number of
-# partitions is (2^hash_partition_exponent). (integer value)
-#hash_partition_exponent=16
+# partitions per conductor is (2^hash_partition_exponent).
+# This determines the granularity of rebalancing: given 10
+# hosts, and an exponent of the 2, there are 40 partitions in
+# the ring.A few thousand partitions should make rebalancing
+# smooth in most cases. The default is suitable for up to a
+# few hundred conductors. Too many partitions has a CPU
+# impact. (integer value)
+#hash_partition_exponent=5
# [Experimental Feature] Number of hosts to map onto each hash
# partition. Setting this to more than one will cause