I can not understand "The below picture schematically shows a masterless HiveMQ cluster with the replication factor of 3 (each data entity has 3 copies in the cluster), that is, every server is a master for one range of data and a follower for two"

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I can not understand The below picture schematically shows a masterless HiveMQ cluster with the replication factor of 3 (each data entity has 3 copies in the cluster), that is, every server is a master for one range of data and a follower for two other ranges of data..

This blog benefits me very much, Thank you, @HIVEMQ team

I have another question: why does 1 HIVEMQ need to connect to other 4 HIVEMQ?

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Hello,
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Thanks for reaching out on our HiveMQ Community Forum.

The diagram’s main purpose is to convey those topics discussed in the blog:

…that makes for a redundant system.

We apologize for any confusion caused.

Regards,
Gil