Comment on If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 months agoA lot of distributed databases use the concept of quorum to prevent split-brain. Does that make them a kind of democracy?
maniii@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Usually quorum is maintained by using odd numbering so that when one node fails the next sequential node assumes the role allowing quorum-election breaking any ties.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 months ago
It depends, there are too many different databases to say they all use that approach.