nevermind on ns lookup, because thats just configsvr on mongo

client/client.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/buraksezer/consistent"
 	"github.com/cespare/xxhash"
@@ -98,7 +99,12 @@ func (c *Client) scatterGather(key string, forEach func(addr string, each chan r
 		out := make(map[string]int)
 		done := false
 		for i := 0; i < len(members); i++ {
-			one := <-each
+			var one result
+			select {
+			case <-time.After(time.Second * 10):
+				continue
+			case one = <-each:
+			}
 			if done {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -111,12 +117,18 @@ func (c *Client) scatterGather(key string, forEach func(addr string, each chan r
 				done = true
 			}
 		}
+		close(each)
 		if !done {
 			final <- result{err: errors.New("no consensus")}
 		}
+		close(final)
 	}()
-	consensus := <-final
-	return consensus.b, consensus.err
+	select {
+	case <-time.After(time.Second * 10):
+		return nil, errors.New("timeout on consensus")
+	case consensus := <-final:
+		return consensus.b, consensus.err
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *Client) Get(key string) ([]byte, error) {

notes/consistent_and_namespaces

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 a key goes to a consistent hash to determine a partition id. Look up the addr which holds that partition ID.
-end:1 key -> client
-client:1 key -> 1+ partitionID
-client:1 partitionID -> serverAddr
-client:partition,key,serverAddr -> server
-server:partition,key -> value
-1+ server:value -> client
-client:1+ value -> 1 end:value
+   end:1 key -> client
+   client:1 key -> 1+ partitionID
+   client:1 partitionID -> serverAddr
+   client:partition,key,serverAddr -> server
+x  server:partition,key -> value
+   1+ server:value -> client
+   client:1+ value -> 1 end:value