I would Prefer avoiding passive and active.
TBH master and slave wouldn’t offend me as a robot could be considered a slave without being offensive. But if there is general consensus on the term I will leave my personal opinion to the side there. On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 10:42 AM Justin Bertram <jbert...@apache.org> wrote: > Dom, internally in Artemis the process of starting the broker is generally > called "activation". Therefore I typically use the terms "active" and > "passive" to describe the "running role" as you call it. It's not perfect, > but it covers most cases. > > > Justin > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 6:58 AM Domenico Francesco Bruscino < > bruscin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I would propose to replace `master/slave` with `leader/follower` or other > > terms different from `live/backup` in ActiveMQ Artemis to keep the HA > > configuration role of the broker separated from the HA running role of > the > > broker. > > For example, a broker instance with the `slave` HA configuration role > could > > acquire the `live` HA running role after a failover. > > > > Il giorno mar 14 lug 2020 alle ore 13:42 Jiri Daněk <jda...@redhat.com> > ha > > scritto: > > > > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 1:02 PM Xeno Amess <xenoam...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > Like I said, I think "worker" can fully replace "slave" in every > usage > > in > > > > activeMQ. > > > > > > > > > > Nope, "worker" does not capture the idea. In Artemis, slave is > > replicating > > > the data on the master and replaces the master in case the master dies. > > The > > > "worker" terminology is more suitable for a situation when the master > > > coordinates and all work is done on slaves. > > > > > > Looking at > > > > https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html#naming, > > > I'd suggest one of > > > > > > ‘{primary,main} / {secondary,replica,subordinate}’ ‘leader / follower’ > > > > > > I like the leader/follower, personally. I have a feeling I heard it > > > somewhere in the context of database replication. > > > > > > Live / backup sounds good as well, except that "live" brings a bit of > the > > > echo of the notorious Unix cruelty and violence (killing children, > > reaping > > > zombies). > > > -- > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards > > > Jiri Daněk > > > > > > -- Clebert Suconic
