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Designing Highly Available Clusters (Group Replication)

Updated May 4, 2026

Short answer

Multi-master replication with built-in conflict detection.

Deep explanation

Uses the Paxos consensus protocol. A transaction must be 'certified' by the majority of the group before it can be committed.

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