[DOCS-1290] Create docs page explaining *why* we require a majority of the set to be up to have a PRIMARY Created: 22/Mar/13 Updated: 30/Oct/23 Resolved: 27/Jul/16 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Documentation |
| Component/s: | manual |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | Server_Docs_20231030 |
| Type: | Task | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Spencer Brody (Inactive) | Assignee: | Andrew Aldridge |
| Resolution: | Won't Fix | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | replication | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
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| Days since reply: | 7 years, 29 weeks ago | ||||||||
| Description |
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We clearly document that you need a majority of nodes up to have a primary, but I can't find anything explaining our rationale for that decision. A lot of people don't fully understand why we made that choice and don't fully understand the differences/tradeoffs between a single master or multi-master system. See We should have a page that explains the difference between multi-master and single-master systems, explains why we chose a single-master system (strong consistency), and explains how having a single-master system necessitates the majority up requirement (network splits). |
| Comments |
| Comment by Emily Hall [ 27/Jul/16 ] |
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Closed for housekeeping on 7/27/2016 by Emily Hall. |