On 07/19/2012 12:38 PM, Dietmar Maurer wrote: > No, because writes/updates are not allowed when you do not have quorum. What I meant is following case: 3 nodes with 3 copies: 0 1 2 3 + - - + <-- lost the updates. + --> + --> - --> # + + - # <-- permanently down. ^ | These two nodes has the latest data. Even with quorum, we can't handle this case. Thanks, Yuan |