Re:Raft: Understandable Distributed Consensus
by deathanatos on Saturday September 06, 2014 @04:35AM
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> What happens if (for instance) a 4 node cluster splits into 2 node clusters (I.E. a network fault between two data centers)- does each cluster choose a leader?
No majority is possible here.
> how are is "majority" calculated?
The definition of majority is greater than half the set (that is the meaning of the word). If you have four members, 3 is the lowest such number that is greater than 4 / 2.
No majority is possible here.
> how are is "majority" calculated?
The definition of majority is greater than half the set (that is the meaning of the word). If you have four members, 3 is the lowest such number that is greater than 4 / 2.