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The best is not to ever need it by using an architecture with no SPOF (even temporary). Master switch is a huge pain - there are simply too many nasty ways it
by pkolaczk 13y ago
The best is not to ever need it by using an architecture with no SPOF (even temporary). Master switch is a huge pain - there are simply too many nasty ways it can fail miserably. I'd stay away from databases needing it, if high availability is the primary concern.
- ak217 13y agoOK, but that's a serious performance and functionality tradeoff. Most modern architectures make the choice between having nodes serve as master for a subset of the data, and the increased cross-link bandwidth needs and reduced flexibility of a master-less system.