I don't disagree that there are opportunities to introduce topology. I do disagree that there are opportunities to benefit from distributed consensus. If a server in ORD is down, it doesn't matter what some server in SJC says it's hosting; all the ORD instances of all the apps on that server are down. If that same ORD server is up, it doesn't matter what any server says it's running; it's authoritative for what it's running.
Of course, OSPF has topology and aggregation, too.
At any rate: I didn't design the system we're talking about.
Of course, OSPF has topology and aggregation, too.
At any rate: I didn't design the system we're talking about.