Distributed Computing with Go

Master-master replication

You may have noticed two issues with the master-replica setup:

• The master is used extensively for database writes, and hence is under constant duress
• The issue of reads has been solved with replicas but the single point of failure for writes is still present

Master-master replication tries to solve these issues by making every database a master. It can be explained as follows:

1. We take a cluster of databases:

Cluster of databases

2. We designate every database as a master:

All databases are designated as a master ...