For those who want to read about real tests of how various common software fares under network partitions, here is some amazing work done by aphyr and his infam

For those who want to read about real tests of how various common software fares under network partitions, here is some amazing work done by aphyr and his infamous Jepesen tests: http://aphyr.com/tags/jepsen http://aphyr.com/tags/jepsen This post has some info on elastic, but nothing in excruciating detail: http://aphyr.com/posts/288-the-network-is-reliable http://aphyr.com/posts/288-the-network-is-reliable