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How would you architect a scalable distributed consensus system for a large-scale cluster?

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What are the key considerations when designing a fault-tolerant consensus mechanism like Paxos or Raft?
How would you architect a scalable distributed consensus system for a large-scale cluster?
Design a consensus algorithm for ensuring data consistency across distributed systems.
Build a consensus algorithm for ensuring consistency in distributed databases.
Build a consensus algorithm for distributed systems.
Develop a distributed consensus algorithm for reliable data replication.
Design a system for managing a distributed consensus algorithm.

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