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While the blog does use "primary", people are saying "master"/replica, much like how redis refers to their architecture[0]. In fact, ctrl-f "slave" only brings
by judge2020 5y ago
While the blog does use "primary", people are saying "master"/replica, much like how redis refers to their architecture[0]. In fact, ctrl-f "slave" only brings up your comment.
0: https://redis.io/docs/manual/replication/ https://redis.io/docs/manual/replication/
- pygy_ 5y ago"Master", however, is as prevalent as "primary" in this discussion "slave" is the implied counterpart. It would be better if we completely abandoned that terminology.
- moochmooch 5y agoIt wouldn't be better, it would be arbitrary
- judge2020 5y agoOut of all the comments that use the term "master" as of right now[1-5], the first three specifically use the term "replica" while the 4th and 5th use the verb "replicate" (in the present tense and past-tense). 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341392 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341392 2: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31341661 3: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340318 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340318 4: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31340169 5: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31342145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31342145
- samatman 5y ago