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    Type:
Improvement
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    Resolution: Done
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    Priority:
Major - P3
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    Affects Version/s: 2.4.5
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    Component/s: Replication
 
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        Fully Compatible
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        RPL A (10/09/15)
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Election algorithm modifications will be made to reduce failover time.  Target maximum downtime is 2 seconds.
The new algorithm will be activated by running replSetReconfig with a field "protocolVersion" set to 1.
- duplicates
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SERVER-12385 election algorithm modifications
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 - Closed
 
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- is duplicated by
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SERVER-12163 Replica Set failover time is more than 10 sec
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 - Closed
 
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SERVER-8084 Replica set may be unavailable for up to 30 seconds after killing primary
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 - Closed
 
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- is related to
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SERVER-9934 Slow failovers after step down due to sleeping rsBackgroundSync
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 - Closed
 
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- related to
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SERVER-106165 Majority secondaries lagging for 30s post a failover breaching read/write SLA
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 - Investigating
 
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SERVER-11086 Election handoff to new primary, during stepdown
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 - Closed
 
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