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Discussion on Single Instance Mode in Rafting

TLDR Richard was puzzled over a rafting instance running in single mode. Jason clarified that it allows seamless integration of a new node into an existing single node.

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Richard

11:07 PM

I’m also surprised it’s getting stuck on rafting when it doesn’t have any peers… I guess it always runs raft even in single instance mode?

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Jason

11:16 PM

Yup, this is so that a new node can be seamlessly added to an existing single node to form a cluster

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