private void updateStatus(DataNodeIdentifier oldNode, DataNodeIdentifier replacementNode) {
    int segmentsPerSegmentGroup = coordinator.getSegmentsPerSegmentGroup();

    DataNodeStatusPair oldPair = null;
    DataNodeStatusPair newPair = null;

    for (DataNodeStatusPair eachPair : datanodeStatuses) {
      if (oldNode.equals(eachPair.getIdentifier())) {
        oldPair = eachPair;
      } else if (replacementNode.equals(eachPair.getIdentifier())) {
        newPair = eachPair;
      }
    }

    oldPair.getStatus().addStoredSegments(-1 * segmentsPerSegmentGroup);
    newPair.getStatus().addStoredSegments(segmentsPerSegmentGroup);

    datanodeStatuses.remove(oldPair);
    datanodeStatuses.remove(newPair);

    datanodeStatuses.add(oldPair);
    datanodeStatuses.add(newPair);
  }
  @Override
  public void action() {
    /* what do we do? this is what we do...

        while not balanced:
            pick a segment group of the to put the new node in / remove the old node from
            run the reconfigureSegmentGroup() function

        when all reconfiguration is done:
            if (oldNodeIsUp):
                coordinator.attachDatanode(affectedNode)
            else
                coordinator.detachDatanode(affectedNode)

            signal that all reconfiguration is done (set the result and let the handler terminate)
    */

    if (affectedNodeIsUp) {
      server.attachDataNode(affectedNode);
    }

    while (coordinator.startReconfiguration()) {
      // spin!!!
    }

    if (!affectedNodeIsUp) {
      List<SegmentGroup> affectedGroups = volumeTable.getAllSegmentGroupsContaining(affectedNode);

      for (SegmentGroup eachGroup : affectedGroups) {
        DataNodeIdentifier replacementNode = pickReplacement(eachGroup, affectedNode);
        updateStatus(affectedNode, replacementNode);
        reconfigureSegmentGroup(eachGroup, affectedNode, replacementNode, false);
      }
    }

    if (affectedNodeIsUp) {
      System.out.println("Attached the node to the coordinator.");
      coordinator.attachDataNode(affectedNode);
    } else {
      coordinator.detachDataNode(affectedNode);
    }

    /*
        "while not balanced"
        balanced means that all nodes have close to the same number of segment groups assigned
        1. determine appropriate average load range (+- k segments)...
            this could be something like [0.95 * average - 1, 1.05 * average + 1] (the +/- 1 is for
            extremely low-load clusters, where not everything might have an assignment; like when you first
            turn on the cluster)
        2. if any nodes are below the range, assign them to a segment group
           else if any nodes are above the range, remove them from a group
           rinse-and-repeat until the cluster is balanced appropriately
    */

    float numberOfSegmentGroupsAssigned = 0.0f;
    int numberOfNodes = datanodes.size();
    for (DataNodeStatusPair eachPair : datanodeStatuses) {
      DataNodeStatus status = eachPair.getStatus();
      numberOfSegmentGroupsAssigned += status.getSegmentsStored();
    }

    int segmentsPerSegmentGroup = coordinator.getSegmentsPerSegmentGroup();
    float expectedLoad = numberOfSegmentGroupsAssigned / numberOfNodes;
    float lowerBound = (0.99f * expectedLoad) - segmentsPerSegmentGroup;
    float upperBound = (1.01f * expectedLoad) + segmentsPerSegmentGroup;

    System.out.println("lower: " + lowerBound);
    System.out.println("upper: " + upperBound);

    boolean balanced = false;

    while (!balanced) {
      for (DataNodeStatusPair eachPair : datanodeStatuses) {
        DataNodeStatus status = eachPair.getStatus();
        if (status.getSegmentsStored() < lowerBound) {
          DataNodeIdentifier replacementNode = eachPair.getIdentifier();
          DataNodeIdentifier oldNode = pickHeaviestLoad(replacementNode);
          SegmentGroup affectedGroup = volumeTable.getAllSegmentGroupsContaining(oldNode).get(0);
          updateStatus(oldNode, replacementNode);
          // TODO FIXME make this asynchronous so writes can occur concurrently
          System.out.println("Replacing " + oldNode + " with " + replacementNode);
          reconfigureSegmentGroup(affectedGroup, oldNode, replacementNode, true);
          break;
        } else if (status.getSegmentsStored() > upperBound) {
          DataNodeIdentifier oldNode = eachPair.getIdentifier();
          SegmentGroup affectedGroup = volumeTable.getAllSegmentGroupsContaining(oldNode).get(0);
          DataNodeIdentifier replacementNode = pickReplacement(affectedGroup, oldNode);
          updateStatus(oldNode, replacementNode);
          // TODO FIXME make this asynchronous so writes can occur concurrently
          System.out.println("Replacing " + oldNode + " with " + replacementNode);
          reconfigureSegmentGroup(affectedGroup, oldNode, replacementNode, true);
          break;
        } else {
          balanced = true;
        }
      }
    }

    coordinator.finishReconfiguration();

    requestResult = new ReconfigurationRequestResult(requestId, true, true);
    coordinator.setRequestResult(requestId, (RequestResult) requestResult);
  }