Can Raft nodes be reused after a shutdown().await?

[semirix]

If my cluster encounters an error and needs to shutdown, can I reuse the Raft object I created using Arc<Store> and Arc<Network> by calling initialize on it again? At the moment, I just reset the network and store objects and create a whole new instance but I was wondering if there was a better way?

[drmingdrmer]

Reusing the struct Raft would be impossible: It creates several channels when initializing. One of the receiving end or sending end of these channels will be dropped after shutdown().

Reusing Arc<Store> or Arc<Network> for a new Raft struct would be OK if, in your implementation, there are not any states in the store or network whose validity depends on a Raft instance.

[semirix]

There are no dependent states. I have special methods on Arc<Store> and Arc<Network> to reset them if the node shuts down to avoid any corruption.

[drmingdrmer]

Then it would be all right reusing them:)