How about naming it "minimal node set" or "required node set"?
D. On Aug 3, 2017, 11:15 AM, at 11:15 AM, Yakov Zhdanov <yzhda...@apache.org> wrote: >> * Based on some sort of policies when the actual cluster topology >differs >too much from the baseline or when some critical condition happens >(e.g., >when there are no more backups for a partition) > >Good point, Alex! I would even go further. If cluster is active and >under >load and nodes continue joining and leaving then we can have several >BT's >that are possible to restart on - the main condition is to have all the >up >to date data partitions. I.e. if you have 4 servers and 3 backups most >probably you can have all the data with 2, 3 and, of course, 4 nodes. >Makes >sense? > >I would also think of different name. Topology (for me) also implies >the >version, but here only nodes carrying data are important. How about >"restart nodes set"? > >--Yakov