you're right. there should be better notice about this. I think the number of physical machines needs to be greater than n to keep this from happening. i also think I've seen a specific algorithm that is floating around that defines this behavior but i can't conjure it up at the moment. i also think the recommended default config is four nodes. and if its not it should be.
-Alexander Sicular @siculars On Jan 5, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Tim Robinson wrote: > Ouch. > > I'm shocked that is not considered a major bug. At minimum that kind of stuff > should be front and center in their wiki/docs. Here I am thinking n 2 on a 3 > node cluster means I'm covered when in fact I am not. It's the whole reason I > gave Riak consideration. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Runar Jordahl" <runar.jord...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 12:13pm > To: "Thomas Bakketun" <thomas.bakke...@copyleft.no> > Cc: riak-users@lists.basho.com > Subject: Re: Absolute consistency > > As Alexander pointed out, N does not mean "a separate PC". There was a > thread about this earlier: > > http://lists.basho.com/pipermail/riak-users_lists.basho.com/2011-February/003316.html > > Kind regards > Runar Jordahl > blog.epigent.com > > _______________________________________________ > riak-users mailing list > riak-users@lists.basho.com > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com > > > Tim Robinson > > > > _______________________________________________ > riak-users mailing list > riak-users@lists.basho.com > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com
