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Subject: Replication and failure
From: Mohit Anchlia <mohitanchlia@gmail.com>
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Just trying to understand what happens if there are 3 nodes with
replication set to 3 and one node fails. Does it fail the writes too?

If there is a link that I can look at will be great. I tried searching
but didn't see any definitive answer.

Thanks,
Mohit