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Voting protocol in distributed system


I'm learning Distributed Operating System,and I have a question about Voting protocol: "When should I use static voting protocol instead dynamic voting protocol?" (that mean, in any case static voting protocol is better than dynamic voting protocol).

Link to voting protocol.


Solution

  • As stated in this set of notes on voting protocols:

    1. Benefits of static voting
      (a) Simple protocol
      (b) Little state kept at each site (version number only). Very scalable.
      (c) Good for static configurations that are realiable (parallel computers)