Having 3 nodes makes sure you can easily maintain a majority quorum. Once you get to larger sizes, it may/does make sense to have some data and master only nodes.
Regards, Mark Walkom Infrastructure Engineer Campaign Monitor email: [email protected] web: www.campaignmonitor.com On 6 May 2014 13:02, victor fence <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, thanks a lot for the reply, and you are greatly correct. > I tested carefully (wait for master2 to be up and running before starting > master1), the document now synced. > > But, I have a new question now, as real failover, when the 2 server maybe > goes down itself (not shutdonw manually), > I'll don't know which went down earlier or later, and this should be > automatic done, what can I do? > > > Also, note that in production, you should consider having 3 master nodes. > > Thank for the hint, I'd like to know whether more node is necessary? for > example some data nodes (node.master: false; node.data: true)? > > -- > 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/320c7587-9f1f-464d-90db-f258e14cc533%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/320c7587-9f1f-464d-90db-f258e14cc533%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAEM624bN%3D%2B47MMY7z5U7P33FLYLX-aT2L_wHgkiT5%2BDYz%2BJFQg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
