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0 pointsJoker_vD1y ago0 comments

Oh, you just run two instances of those and point them at each other.

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And then a third instance in case those both go down at the same time, and a fourth just in case there's a major worldwide outage.... it's monitoring instances all the way down

hinkley1y ago

Even number so that everything is symmetrical.

Temporary_313371y ago

You want odd numbers (n+1) so you can have a quorum in case of network partition.

hinkley1y ago

I think you're missing the vibe (sarcasm).

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jasongill1y ago

And then a third instance in case those both go down at the same time, and a fourth just in case there's a major worldwide outage.... it's monitoring instances all the way down

hinkley1y ago

Even number so that everything is symmetrical.

Temporary_313371y ago

You want odd numbers (n+1) so you can have a quorum in case of network partition.

hinkley1y ago

I think you're missing the vibe (sarcasm).

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