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

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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

tianyu chen, … Soham Dongargaonkar4

6/28/22

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

6/28/22

Sohi, Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)2

6/20/22

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

6/20/22

Mathieu Borderé, … Vilho Raatikka15

6/13/22

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

6/13/22

Joan Fontanals Martínez

4/22/22

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

4/22/22

Kalpa 1977, … Unmesh Joshi7

4/13/22

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/

4/13/22

Fábio Botelho, … Jesper Lindholm5

3/2/22

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

3/2/22

2/24/22

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

2/24/22

2/23/22

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

2/23/22

Georgii Shagov, Diego Ongaro3

1/24/22

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

1/24/22

Ex Puexto, … sahar Al-Taee8

1/7/22

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

1/7/22

1/7/22

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

1/7/22

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 <cheney...@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 <cheney...@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

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