Implementation and Evaluation of Fast Raft for Hierarchical Consensus

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Main Authors: Melnychuk, Anton, SebaRaj, Bryan
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Published: 2025
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author Melnychuk, Anton
SebaRaj, Bryan
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SebaRaj, Bryan
contents We present the first open-source implementation and evaluation of Fast Raft, a hierarchical consensus protocol designed for dynamic, distributed environments. Fast Raft reduces the number of message rounds needed to commit log entries compared to standard Raft by introducing a fast-track mechanism and reducing leader dependence. Our implementation uses gRPC and Kubernetes-based deployment across AWS availability zones. Experimental results demonstrate a throughput improvement and reduced commit latency under low packet loss conditions, while maintaining Raft's safety and liveness guarantees.
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spellingShingle Implementation and Evaluation of Fast Raft for Hierarchical Consensus
Melnychuk, Anton
SebaRaj, Bryan
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
68M14
D.4.5; C.2.4; C.4
We present the first open-source implementation and evaluation of Fast Raft, a hierarchical consensus protocol designed for dynamic, distributed environments. Fast Raft reduces the number of message rounds needed to commit log entries compared to standard Raft by introducing a fast-track mechanism and reducing leader dependence. Our implementation uses gRPC and Kubernetes-based deployment across AWS availability zones. Experimental results demonstrate a throughput improvement and reduced commit latency under low packet loss conditions, while maintaining Raft's safety and liveness guarantees.
title Implementation and Evaluation of Fast Raft for Hierarchical Consensus
topic Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
68M14
D.4.5; C.2.4; C.4
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17793