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Discussion on the use and implementation of the Raft consensus algorithm. https://raft.github.io

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程栋彬, Diego Ongaro4

May 7

Can configuration log be used after committed rather than as soon as it is added for the two-phase joint consensus?

Hi Dongbin, I'll begin with a disclaimer that I've forgotten many of Raft's details, so

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Can configuration log be used after committed rather than as soon as it is added for the two-phase joint consensus?

Hi Dongbin, I'll begin with a disclaimer that I've forgotten many of Raft's details, so

May 7

AJ, … Philip O'Toole3

Apr 30

TLS support in transport between RAFT nodes.

Wrap your TLS Listener (and Dialer) in this interface: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/raft#

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TLS support in transport between RAFT nodes.

Wrap your TLS Listener (and Dialer) in this interface: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/hashicorp/raft#

Apr 30

Apr 17

AppendLogEntries creating logs with different term but same index and command

I assume this is OK because the log index and commands match? On recovery: 1. Absent optimizations ,

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AppendLogEntries creating logs with different term but same index and command

I assume this is OK because the log index and commands match? On recovery: 1. Absent optimizations ,

Apr 17

z g, … Jinkun Geng21

Apr 12

Raft in-memory without storage

Hi Zg. ``` Based on your observation #3 - could one conclude that the failure scenarios where

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Raft in-memory without storage

Hi Zg. ``` Based on your observation #3 - could one conclude that the failure scenarios where

Apr 12

AJ, … dr-dr xp5

Apr 9

Adding a RAFT node to cluster with non-leader role

If a voter that has the most recent logs, ie, greatest `(last_term, last_log_index)`, and can not

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Adding a RAFT node to cluster with non-leader role

If a voter that has the most recent logs, ie, greatest `(last_term, last_log_index)`, and can not

Apr 9

Jinkun Geng, … Freddy Rios10

Jan 11

Is log persistence still necessary if the Raft assumption is always true?

The way I see it, if an empty log node manages to get a majority, some of the raft properties would

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Is log persistence still necessary if the Raft assumption is always true?

The way I see it, if an empty log node manages to get a majority, some of the raft properties would

Jan 11

Pablo Pessolani, Archie Cobbs2

Jan 8

Is Raft's failure detection mechanism weak ?

On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 8:25:10 PM UTC-6 Pablo Pessolani wrote: In this case, the Candidate

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Is Raft's failure detection mechanism weak ?

On Sunday, January 7, 2024 at 8:25:10 PM UTC-6 Pablo Pessolani wrote: In this case, the Candidate

Jan 8

12/19/23

Unable to build grpc after installing brpc & braft library

Hi all, This is to inform that the issue has been resolved. We need to keep only one version of

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Unable to build grpc after installing brpc & braft library

Hi all, This is to inform that the issue has been resolved. We need to keep only one version of

12/19/23

Adrien Zinger, Archie Cobbs2

12/1/23

Is it possible to avoid a multi leader context

You said two different things: (a) avoiding where "two nodes can lead at the same time" and

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Is it possible to avoid a multi leader context

You said two different things: (a) avoiding where "two nodes can lead at the same time" and

12/1/23

Diego Ongaro, Philip O'Toole2

12/1/23

Thanks Diego -- this is an interesting list to be part of, and it was a pity to see it being abused.

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Thanks Diego -- this is an interesting list to be part of, and it was a pity to see it being abused.

12/1/23

ruby...@gmail.com

10/14/23

Question: sequenceNum

In $6.3 of the dissertation, it explains how we can handle duplicated requests which causes problem

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Question: sequenceNum

In $6.3 of the dissertation, it explains how we can handle duplicated requests which causes problem

10/14/23

Quốc Khánh Bùi, Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)4

8/27/23

How can we sync logs to a follower that has been left to far behind

Log compaction is a separate step Let's assume that you don't _have_ log compaction, and you

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How can we sync logs to a follower that has been left to far behind

Log compaction is a separate step Let's assume that you don't _have_ log compaction, and you

8/27/23

Srinivas V, … Konstantin Osipov3

7/3/23

Regarding commitIndex and lastAppliedIndex

* Srinivas V <sriniv...@gmail.com> [23/07/03 09:55]: > Hi All, > I had a quick design

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Regarding commitIndex and lastAppliedIndex

* Srinivas V <sriniv...@gmail.com> [23/07/03 09:55]: > Hi All, > I had a quick design

7/3/23

Zaid Kraitem, … Karlis Zigurs5

4/21/23

thank you Karlis for your advice .. really it is magical solution of this problem :) On Friday, April

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thank you Karlis for your advice .. really it is magical solution of this problem :) On Friday, April

4/21/23

Gurjant Kalsi, … John Ousterhout3

4/14/23

Rules for Updating NextIndex[]

One clarification on this. Updating nextIndex doesn't have to be perfect, since it will self-

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Rules for Updating NextIndex[]

One clarification on this. Updating nextIndex doesn't have to be perfect, since it will self-

4/14/23

yuhang xiu, Jordan Halterman2

3/17/23

Question for RAFT joint consensus

Your understanding of the approach is correct, but I'm not so sure about the second scenario. Yes

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Question for RAFT joint consensus

Your understanding of the approach is correct, but I'm not so sure about the second scenario. Yes

3/17/23

Aadi Swadipto Mondal, John Ousterhout3

3/4/23

Question regarding the RAFT problems

Thanks, I got your point. On Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 3:54:45 PM UTC-6 ous...@cs.stanford.edu wrote

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Question regarding the RAFT problems

Thanks, I got your point. On Saturday, March 4, 2023 at 3:54:45 PM UTC-6 ous...@cs.stanford.edu wrote

3/4/23

Daniel Gleason, Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)4

3/1/23

RequestVote RPC confusion about arguments

The way I imagine this looking is something like this: class LogEntry: term: int command: Command log

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RequestVote RPC confusion about arguments

The way I imagine this looking is something like this: class LogEntry: term: int command: Command log

3/1/23

12/19/22

What if readIndex is not checked with appliedIndex in read only requests.

To clarify, I am assuming a synchronous update to the state machine along with the commitIndex. The

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What if readIndex is not checked with appliedIndex in read only requests.

To clarify, I am assuming a synchronous update to the state machine along with the commitIndex. The

12/19/22

M Keyer, John Ousterhout2

12/10/22

When is the random election timeout is chosen?

No, a new election timeout must be chosen for each election. This ensures that if multiple nodes

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When is the random election timeout is chosen?

No, a new election timeout must be chosen for each election. This ensures that if multiple nodes

12/10/22

M Keyer, … Jesper Lindholm4

12/7/22

Behaviour of candidate receiving RequestVote with higher term

Aha! Correct - sorry I missed that. /Jesper > 7 dec. 2022 kl. 10:27 skrev Free Ekanayaka <free.

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Behaviour of candidate receiving RequestVote with higher term

Aha! Correct - sorry I missed that. /Jesper > 7 dec. 2022 kl. 10:27 skrev Free Ekanayaka <free.

12/7/22

Zeroes L, M Keyer2

12/6/22

raft algorithm: During the leader Election, it is prompted that term1 has 2 leaders

Did you ensure that each follower grants at most one vote per term? zeroes18...@gmail.com schrieb am

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raft algorithm: During the leader Election, it is prompted that term1 has 2 leaders

Did you ensure that each follower grants at most one vote per term? zeroes18...@gmail.com schrieb am

12/6/22

Jack Kinnof, Free Ekanayaka3

11/24/22

Looking for help implementing raft in my P2P ecommerce app for cryptocurrency users

Hey, I can surely provide some clarification about how to use dqlite, if needed, but unfortunately

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Looking for help implementing raft in my P2P ecommerce app for cryptocurrency users

Hey, I can surely provide some clarification about how to use dqlite, if needed, but unfortunately

11/24/22

Diego Ongaro, … Unmesh Joshi11

9/17/22

Re: Effect of not storing votedFor, on leader-election

Just to give some context on why I am trying out more generic descriptions and implementations is

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Re: Effect of not storing votedFor, on leader-election

Just to give some context on why I am trying out more generic descriptions and implementations is

9/17/22

Kiran K, … dr-dr xp4

9/16/22

IT companies that use Raft algorithm

Wow, That's great info. Thanks :) Thanks and regards Kiran Kondru PhD Research Scholar,

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IT companies that use Raft algorithm

Wow, That's great info. Thanks :) Thanks and regards Kiran Kondru PhD Research Scholar,

9/16/22

mc lin, … Jinkun Geng8

8/10/22

Question regarding commit return

I see. Thanks for your patience! 在2022年8月9日星期二 UTC-7 23:32:07<aye...@ayende.com> 写道： How can

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Question regarding commit return

I see. Thanks for your patience! 在2022年8月9日星期二 UTC-7 23:32:07<aye...@ayende.com> 写道： How can

8/10/22

Jinkun Geng, … John Ousterhout18

7/29/22

Can we make client do the quorum check to reduce message delay?

Related to Vilho's question: out of curiosity, what kind of clients do you have in mind? This may

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Can we make client do the quorum check to reduce message delay?

Related to Vilho's question: out of curiosity, what kind of clients do you have in mind? This may

7/29/22

vnmRD, Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)5

7/20/22

What happens if the leader recieves a vore request RPC

Thank you! Il giorno mercoledì 20 luglio 2022 alle 11:21:18 UTC+2 aye...@ayende.com ha scritto: See

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What happens if the leader recieves a vore request RPC

Thank you! Il giorno mercoledì 20 luglio 2022 alle 11:21:18 UTC+2 aye...@ayende.com ha scritto: See

7/20/22

7/13/22

Raft implementation in Omnet++

Hello everyone, In the past months me and a colleague Leonardo Ruzza have worked on an implementation

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Raft implementation in Omnet++

Hello everyone, In the past months me and a colleague Leonardo Ruzza have worked on an implementation

7/13/22

Sahara Heart, … Konstantin Osipov3

6/30/22

behaviour of stale candidate

* Sahara Heart <xhn875...@gmail.com> [22/06/30 08:09]: > Consider the following case:

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behaviour of stale candidate

* Sahara Heart <xhn875...@gmail.com> [22/06/30 08:09]: > Consider the following case:

6/30/22

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