> Of course, any network partition in a 2-node cluster has a huge potential for data corruption, as each node now thinks it is the master (split-brain). This i

> Of course, any network partition in a 2-node cluster has a huge potential for data corruption, as each node now thinks it is the master (split-brain). This is not a given, the cluster can and should refuse to operate if it can not get a majority vote for the master, if that is required to prevent data corruption. With two nodes that means both nodes must be active and reachable, with three nodes one node can fail.