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Subject: Re: CARP demotion counter
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> On 10 Dec 2015, at 20:00, Emmanuel Vadot <manu@bidouilliste.com> wrote:
>=20
> You need net.inet.carp.preempt=3D1 for MASTER returning to MASTER after a B=
ACKUP state.

If all things are otherwise equal, I've come to favor having redundant equip=
ment not be designated master/slave, but rather "router 1" and "router 2" et=
c, where possible.=20

It reduced "oh, the other is just backup"-impulses, promotes caring equally f=
or either box, and reduces the idea of failover and fallback being separate t=
hings.=20

Also removes "we need to fail back to the master" as a thing to do after a f=
ailover, while the equality makes it easier to do changes as a matter of rou=
tine.=20

Terje