README.md: improve wording on gossip protocol

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Aliaksandr Valialkin 2019-06-26 23:50:17 +03:00
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@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Adhering `KISS` principle simplifies the resulting code and architecture, so it
Due to `KISS` cluster version of VictoriaMetrics has no the following "features" popular in distributed computing world:
- Fragile [gossip protocols](https://github.com/improbable-eng/thanos/blob/030bc345c12c446962225221795f4973848caab5/docs/proposals/completed/201809_gossip-removal.md).
- Fragile gossip protocols. See [failed attempt in Thanos](https://github.com/improbable-eng/thanos/blob/030bc345c12c446962225221795f4973848caab5/docs/proposals/completed/201809_gossip-removal.md).
- Hard-to-understand-and-implement-properly [Paxos protocols](https://www.quora.com/In-distributed-systems-what-is-a-simple-explanation-of-the-Paxos-algorithm).
- Complex replication schemes, which may go nuts in unforesseen edge cases. The replication is offloaded to the underlying durable replicated storage
such as [persistent disks in Google Compute Engine](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/#pdspecs).