diff --git a/source/includes/common-replication.rst b/source/includes/common-replication.rst index e6b75033..98200730 100644 --- a/source/includes/common-replication.rst +++ b/source/includes/common-replication.rst @@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ MinIO deployments in a site replication configuration do *not* replicate the cre .. start-mc-admin-replicate-load-balancing -When replicating to multi-node sites, use the URL or IP address of the site's load balancer, reverse proxy, or similar network control plane component which automatically routes requests to nodes in the deployment. +Specify the URL or IP address of the site's load balancer, reverse proxy, or similar network control plane component. +Requests are automatically routed to nodes in the deployment. -Using a single node for configuring site replication creates a single point of failure, where that node being offline results in replication failure. +MinIO recommends against using a single node hostname for a peer site. +This creates a single point of failure: if that node goes offline, replication fails. .. end-mc-admin-replicate-load-balancing diff --git a/source/operations/install-deploy-manage/multi-site-replication.rst b/source/operations/install-deploy-manage/multi-site-replication.rst index d61c2969..5a14f16a 100644 --- a/source/operations/install-deploy-manage/multi-site-replication.rst +++ b/source/operations/install-deploy-manage/multi-site-replication.rst @@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ You cannot disable versioning in site replication deployments. MinIO cannot replicate objects in prefixes in the bucket that you excluded from versioning. -Load Balancers Installed on Each Multi-Node Site -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Load Balancers Installed on Each Site +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. include:: /includes/common-replication.rst :start-after: start-mc-admin-replicate-load-balancing