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

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Diego Ongaro, … Unmesh Joshi11

Sep 17

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

Sep 17

Kiran K, … dr-dr xp4

Sep 16

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,

Sep 16

mc lin, … Jinkun Geng8

Aug 10

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

Aug 10

Jinkun Geng, … John Ousterhout18

Jul 29

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

Jul 29

vnmRD, Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)5

Jul 20

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

Jul 20

Jul 13

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

Jul 13

Sahara Heart, … Konstantin Osipov3

Jun 30

behaviour of stale candidate

* Sahara Heart <xhn875545328@gmail.com> [22/06/30 08:09]: > Consider the following case:

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behaviour of stale candidate

* Sahara Heart <xhn875545328@gmail.com> [22/06/30 08:09]: > Consider the following case:

Jun 30

tianyu chen, … Soham Dongargaonkar4

Jun 28

Confusion about "committing entries from previous terms"

The scenario in figure 8 isn't something we can solve or avoid. The scenario basically explains

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Confusion about "committing entries from previous terms"

The scenario in figure 8 isn't something we can solve or avoid. The scenario basically explains

Jun 28

Sohi, Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)2

Jun 20

Adding a non voter

We have this feature (We call it watcher). In general, it is not accounted for in terms of the

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Adding a non voter

We have this feature (We call it watcher). In general, it is not accounted for in terms of the

Jun 20

Mathieu Borderé, … Vilho Raatikka15

Jun 13

Pre-Vote cluster deadlock

Hi, a minor thing to take into account with pre-voting addition is that the sender of a pre-vote

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Pre-Vote cluster deadlock

Hi, a minor thing to take into account with pre-voting addition is that the sender of a pre-vote

Jun 13

Joan Fontanals Martínez

Apr 22

Assumptions on algorithm

Hello everybody, I have recently been looking at `raft consensus algorithm` and some open source

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Assumptions on algorithm

Hello everybody, I have recently been looking at `raft consensus algorithm` and some open source

Apr 22

Kalpa 1977, … Unmesh Joshi7

Apr 13

Seeking help to get the clarity on a commit phase

I have tried to document it in a slightly more generic way here https://martinfowler.com/articles/

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Seeking help to get the clarity on a commit phase

I have tried to document it in a slightly more generic way here https://martinfowler.com/articles/

Apr 13

Fábio Botelho, … Jesper Lindholm5

Mar 2

Can a leaving member become leader

According to 4.1 in the thesis paper (towards the end): “In Raft, it is the caller's

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Can a leaving member become leader

According to 4.1 in the thesis paper (towards the end): “In Raft, it is the caller's

Mar 2

Feb 24

Voter/leader members in Raft

Hello, My team and I want to make a slight variation to the algorithm, and I wanted to make sure I

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Voter/leader members in Raft

Hello, My team and I want to make a slight variation to the algorithm, and I wanted to make sure I

Feb 24

Feb 23

Question about 5.4.3 safety argument

Hi guys, I've been reading the masterpiece for several weeks while struggling with one question

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Question about 5.4.3 safety argument

Hi guys, I've been reading the masterpiece for several weeks while struggling with one question

Feb 23

Georgii Shagov, Diego Ongaro3

Jan 24

Scenario in case Node gets disconnected

Hello Diego I really appreciate your reply. This is very to the purpose. If I understand you right in

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Scenario in case Node gets disconnected

Hello Diego I really appreciate your reply. This is very to the purpose. If I understand you right in

Jan 24

Ex Puexto, … sahar Al-Taee8

Jan 7

Is it possible to function with a minority?

hi Can we cooperate in the construction of the Raft project? On Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 5:09:42

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Is it possible to function with a minority?

hi Can we cooperate in the construction of the Raft project? On Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 5:09:42

Jan 7

Jan 7

hi Can you help me build the next project Holding elections in the system based on the existence of

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hi Can you help me build the next project Holding elections in the system based on the existence of

Jan 7

eric, … Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)4

11/6/21

Does cluster will recover after half of nodes restarted

ok! thanks all! On Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 4:30:19 PM UTC+8 Ayende Rahien wrote: Yes, it will

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Does cluster will recover after half of nodes restarted

ok! thanks all! On Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 4:30:19 PM UTC+8 Ayende Rahien wrote: Yes, it will

11/6/21

Jinkun Geng, Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)2

10/12/21

Performance of Raft (LogCabin)

Note that fsync() is super expensive. And the linearizability of Raft is a killer here, if each

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Performance of Raft (LogCabin)

Note that fsync() is super expensive. And the linearizability of Raft is a killer here, if each

10/12/21

Jinkun Geng, … Archie Cobbs9

10/8/21

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

On Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 9:40:04 PM UTC-5 gjk...@stanford.edu wrote: As for the definition of

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

On Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 9:40:04 PM UTC-5 gjk...@stanford.edu wrote: As for the definition of

10/8/21

8/31/21

Question Regarding Implementation of Raft in a Simulation Environment

Hello, I am a research student working in caching in a distributed system, and wanted to know if

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Question Regarding Implementation of Raft in a Simulation Environment

Hello, I am a research student working in caching in a distributed system, and wanted to know if

8/31/21

rahul valluri, … Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)6

7/29/21

Question regarding committing previous term.

Cool. Will read it. Thank you. On Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 5:14:23 PM UTC+5:30 Ayende Rahien wrote:

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Question regarding committing previous term.

Cool. Will read it. Thank you. On Thursday, July 29, 2021 at 5:14:23 PM UTC+5:30 Ayende Rahien wrote:

7/29/21

cheney, … Konstantin Osipov3

7/29/21

Question about the state machine model

* cheney <cheneydeng88@gmail.com> [21/07/29 09:29]: > We know that raft is based on the

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Question about the state machine model

* cheney <cheneydeng88@gmail.com> [21/07/29 09:29]: > We know that raft is based on the

7/29/21

Konstantin Osipov

7/28/21

Making election live with 10k+ servers

Hello, We've been experimenting with making Raft elections live with 10k+ servers. We found that

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Making election live with 10k+ servers

Hello, We've been experimenting with making Raft elections live with 10k+ servers. We found that

7/28/21

Konstantin Osipov

7/8/21

Protection against disruptive leaders - useless?

Hi, It seems that Raft's protection against disruptive leaders is useless if: - only joint ->

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Protection against disruptive leaders - useless?

Hi, It seems that Raft's protection against disruptive leaders is useless if: - only joint ->

7/8/21

余晓, Diego Ongaro2

7/1/21

A question with membership change

Hi Xiao Yu, There are a few variations of membership changes for Raft out there that have been

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A question with membership change

Hi Xiao Yu, There are a few variations of membership changes for Raft out there that have been

7/1/21

Dániel Urbán, … Martin Furmanski6

6/30/21

idea of backup voters

I've been involved in the design of a Raft implementation where the leader would eventually

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idea of backup voters

I've been involved in the design of a Raft implementation where the leader would eventually

6/30/21

Shaya Potter, Ozan T7

6/22/21

trying to make senes of the leadership transfer extension

I see you mention some implementation details of yours. Points that I mentioned may not apply to your

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trying to make senes of the leadership transfer extension

I see you mention some implementation details of yours. Points that I mentioned may not apply to your

6/22/21

6/16/21

More than one leader in the same term？

Log replication Seeing the realization of sofa-raft, how did this scenario happen? https://github.com

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More than one leader in the same term？

Log replication Seeing the realization of sofa-raft, how did this scenario happen? https://github.com

6/16/21

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