Network Partitioning

VMware Tanzu GemFire architecture and management features help detect and resolve network partition problems.

• How Network Partitioning Management Works

  Tanzu GemFire handles network outages by using a weighting system to determine whether the remaining available members have a sufficient quorum to continue as a cluster.

• Failure Detection and Membership Views

  Tanzu GemFire uses failure detection to remove unresponsive members from membership views.

• Membership Coordinators, Lead Members and Member Weighting

  Network partition detection uses a designated membership coordinator and a weighting system that accounts for a lead member to determine whether a network partition has occurred.

• Network Partitioning Scenarios

  This topic describes network partitioning scenarios and what happens to the partitioned sides of the cluster.

• Configure VMware Tanzu GemFire to Handle Network Partitioning

  This section lists the configuration steps for network partition detection.

• Preventing Network Partitions

  This section provides a short list of things you can do to prevent network partition from occurring.