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Having followers redirect to the leader is how the paper describes the algorithm. But I don't think there is anything stopping you from having followers servic
by nieksand 13y ago
Having followers redirect to the leader is how the paper describes the algorithm.
But I don't think there is anything stopping you from having followers service committed log entry reads, provided you're willing to live with being out-of-date.
- tomjohnson3 13y agoi don't think this is the case. here is a link to a video by one of the authors about log repair during leader election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YbZ3zDzDnrw#t=1481 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YbZ... log entries on a follower may get rolled back - and thrown out - since they were not accepted on a majority of followers.