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Node Requirements for Typesense Self-Hosted HA Cluster

TLDR Roy asked if a typesense self-hosted HA cluster can run on 2 nodes. Kishore Nallan explained a minimum of 3 nodes are required for the RAFT clustering protocol.

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Roy

10:45 AM

Hi everyone, I want to ask, does typesense self hosted HA cluster only using 2 nodes?

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Kishore Nallan

10:54 AM

That's not possible. The RAFT clustering protocol requires 3 nodes for quorum.

Roy

10:56 AM

Ah I see, ts using raft. Thanks for your answer

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