From 076dd9945640b133228ab7f2ce62db06e0de079e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stef Nestor <26751266+stefnestor@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 13:44:48 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] (+Doc) link split-brain wiki from quorom decision making (#108915) (#108925) Mini change to link the [wiki page about "split-brain"](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-brain_(computing)) as an industry-not-Elastic term under [Quorum-based decision making](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-discovery-quorums.html) --- docs/reference/modules/discovery/quorums.asciidoc | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/modules/discovery/quorums.asciidoc b/docs/reference/modules/discovery/quorums.asciidoc index f6f50b88b3190..beee6da60231e 100644 --- a/docs/reference/modules/discovery/quorums.asciidoc +++ b/docs/reference/modules/discovery/quorums.asciidoc @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ succeeded on receipt of responses from a _quorum_, which is a subset of the master-eligible nodes in the cluster. The advantage of requiring only a subset of the nodes to respond is that it means some of the nodes can fail without preventing the cluster from making progress. The quorums are carefully chosen so -the cluster does not have a "split brain" scenario where it's partitioned into +the cluster does not have a "{wikipedia}/Split-brain_(computing)[split-brain]" scenario where it's partitioned into two pieces such that each piece may make decisions that are inconsistent with those of the other piece.