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Uma extens\~ao de Raft com propaga\c{c}\~ao epid\'emica

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing 2025-04-16 v1

Abstract

The Raft agreement algorithm is recognized for its ease of understanding and practical implementation, and is currently adopted in systems such as Kubernetes. However, it has some limitations in terms of scalability and performance as it concentrates effort on the leader. In this paper we present a new algorithm that expands Raft by incorporating epidemic propagation mechanisms to decentralize the replication effort. Our proposal is evaluated experimentally with a Go implementation and tested with a significant number of processes. -- -- O algoritmo de acordo Raft \'e reconhecido pela sua facilidade de compreens\~ao e implementa\c{c}\~ao pr\'atica, sendo atualmente adotado em sistemas como o Kubernetes. No entanto, tem algumas limita\c{c}\~oes em termos de escalabilidade e desempenho por concentrar o esfor\c{c}o no l\'ider. Neste trabalho apresentamos um novo algoritmo que expande o Raft com a incorpora\c{c}\~ao de mecanismos de propaga\c{c}\~ao epid\'emica para descentralizar o esfor\c{c}o da replica\c{c}\~ao. A nossa proposta \'e avaliada experimentalmente com uma implementa\c{c}\~ao em Go e testada com um n\'umero significativo de processos.

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@article{arxiv.2504.11068,
  title  = {Uma extens\~ao de Raft com propaga\c{c}\~ao epid\'emica},
  author = {André Gonçalves and Ana Nunes Alonso and José Pereira and Rui Oliveira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.11068},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Published in INForum 2023 (https://dei.fe.up.pt/inforum23), in Portuguese