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Custom Quorums in OpenRaft: Configuration and Failure Trade-Offs

OpenRaft provides the consensus layer for Databend's Meta Service. Custom membership lets applications choose quorums by node count, weight, or topology. This article explains 5 implementations, their failure trade-offs, and a complete weighted key-value example, from cluster setup through a site outage and recovery.

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Nov 11, 2026
Custom Quorums in OpenRaft: Configuration and Failure Trade-Offs
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