> The SA Forum doesn't consider at all how to handle partitions in a
> network or at least not very suitably (up to designer of SA Forum
> services).  They assume that applications will be using the AMF, and
> rely on the AMF functionality to reboot partitioned nodes (fencing) so
> this condition doesn't occur.
> 
> The SA Forum services were not designed with partitioned networks in
> mind.  It is unfortunate, but it is what it is.  If an app needs true
> consistently without some form of fencing, the app designer has to
take
> partitions into consideration when designing their applications.
> 
> This is why I recommend using CPG for these types of environments
> because it provides better design control over exactly how data
> remerges.

On the other side, it should be easy to fix the checkpoint algorithm. Or
document that behavior at least.

- Dietmar

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