From c7e4f52312c6213684af6445ef199abe25dd0fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Allison Moore Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 12:45:54 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] DOCS-9127: clarifies that arbs make for uneven num of voting members --- source/core/replica-set-arbiter.txt | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/core/replica-set-arbiter.txt b/source/core/replica-set-arbiter.txt index 52bce433ccb..e0381e6130e 100644 --- a/source/core/replica-set-arbiter.txt +++ b/source/core/replica-set-arbiter.txt @@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ Replica Set Arbiter An arbiter does **not** have a copy of data set and **cannot** become a primary. Replica sets may have arbiters to add a vote in :ref:`elections of for primary `. Arbiters -*always* have exactly ``1`` vote election, and thus -allow replica sets to have an uneven number of members, without the -overhead of a member that replicates data. +*always* have exactly ``1`` election vote, and thus +allow replica sets to have an uneven number of voting members without the +overhead of an additional member that replicates data. .. important:: Do not run an arbiter on systems that also host the primary or the secondary members of the replica set. -Only add an arbiter to sets with even numbers of members. If you add -an arbiter to a set with an odd number of members, the set may suffer -from tied :term:`elections `. To add an arbiter, see -:doc:`/tutorial/add-replica-set-arbiter`. +Only add an arbiter to sets with even numbers of voting members. If you +add an arbiter to a set with an odd number of voting members, the set +may suffer from tied :term:`elections `. To add an arbiter, +see :doc:`/tutorial/add-replica-set-arbiter`. .. end-content