So the checks are made in that order? 1) enough master nodes are available 2) Within that cluster decide how many replicas would acknowledge success before returning back to the client
In other words just by having write_consistency set to quorum it doesn't gurantee protection against split brain. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 1:30 AM, Alexander Reelsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, > > these two settings to not have a lot in common, wondering in what context > you see them the same. > > minimum_master_nodes setting is only about the count of available nodes, > which are eligible to become a master in order to actually have an existing > master in a cluster. > write_consistency qourum is actually a check when a document is indexed > (and not about the nodes in a cluster) in order to decide if the document > should be written at all (before it is actually indexed) > > See > http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-discovery-zen.html#master-election > and > http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/docs-index_.html#index-consistency > > Does that make sense, is this more clear now? > > > --Alex > > > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Mohit Anchlia <[email protected]>wrote: > >> How does minimum_master_nodes differ from action.write_consistency? Would >> setting write_consistency to quorum help when minimum_master is not set >> appropriately? >> >> On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 6:08 AM, Norberto Meijome <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Gotcha, my bad. >>> On 17/01/2014 12:43 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> minimum_master_nodes is a dynamic cluster setting, that means, it can >>>> be set via cluster update API. >>>> >>>> Jörg >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoHFgi5Wj%2Bz0P%2Bq3AJj55bTjaNhjGAzj_DHPmVfq6iRpBQ%40mail.gmail.com >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "elasticsearch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CACj2-4JfuGA4wAmTCjMdo2T%2B4cuY96EV1EN3Grc-pDMt%3D3xX%3DA%40mail.gmail.com >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "elasticsearch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWrGJHi_R_WXquKD-GmYv_fojs23h%2B-rBs-NZxNSznQwmQ%40mail.gmail.com >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM-4K9f6dDScGMS75nZU-LYBvdQ5opi7k-nVBi6w%3DwstyA%40mail.gmail.com > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAOT3TWp6QV%2B8ySSY7PYLBiz2DEE%2B-xRvU0SnUiORJdRc1r85Fg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
