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This one was kind of troubling, if you ask me: >If the leader ever dies, a new leader will be elected >through a simple protocol that uses random sleep
by madmax96 8y ago
This one was kind of troubling, if you ask me:
>If the leader ever dies, a new leader will be elected
>through a simple protocol that uses random sleeps and
>leader declarations.
Why not have each node self-generate a UUID and engage in some gossip process that ends with the cluster becoming aware that some node's corresponding UUID is uniquely significant, therefore recognizing that node as a leader?
I have some really bad memories of "random sleeps" at scale.
- kevin_nisbet 8y agoWell, from the sounds of it they're not running at scale (always 3 nodes), and it sounds similar in principal to the way HSRP/VRRP works which is a well defined and understood protocol for doing leader election on a local network. I suppose the question might be why not use VRRP itself, but if this works for them and has conflict resolution I don't think it's all that troubling.
- coffeesn0b 8y agoCaleb with CFA here - random sleeps aren't exactly the most elegant solution... this was our MVP, and we'll definitely be improving on it.