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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-12386

Use of arbiters prevents fault-tolerant w:majority writes

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major - P3
    • Resolution: Duplicate
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    Description

      For the purposes of w:majority, the majority calculation includes arbiters. Since arbiters do not store a copy of the data, they will never report that they have successfully replicated the write in question. This makes it difficult to design fault-tolerant clusters that utilize multiple datacenters without having extra data-bearing nodes.

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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. SERVER-13070 Including arbiters when calculating replica set majority can break balancing / prevents fault-tolerant majority writes

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          is related to

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SERVER-7681 Report majority number in ReplSetGetStatus/isMaster

          • Minor - P4 - Minor loss of function, or other problem where easy workaround is present.
          • Closed

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              milkie@mongodb.com Eric Milkie
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