Raft Consensus
Distributed Consensus Algorithm
Distributed consensus algorithm implementation in Go. Raft keeps a cluster of machines in agreement on a sequence of operations. It makes a replicated log behave like a single reliable log, even when some nodes crash or restart.
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Go
Type
Consensus
Testing
Full Suite
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Key Features
Leader Election
Nodes start as followers. On timeouts they become candidates, vote, and elect a leader that coordinates the cluster.
Log Replication
The leader appends client commands to its log and replicates them to followers via AppendEntries RPCs until a majority acknowledges.
Safety & Commitment
Entries are committed only when stored on a majority and applied in order to the state machine, guaranteeing linearizable results.