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How do we clean our multi-site replication and search factor settings?

danielbb
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On our cluster master I see the following -

[clustering]
....
mode = master
multisite = true
available_sites = site1,site2
site_replication_factor = origin:2,total:3
site_search_factor = origin:1,total:2
search_factor = 2
replication_factor = 2

I assume the multi-site settings were added after the original search and replication factors were set. We are 3:2, right? If so, is it safe to remove the last two lines? It creates some confusion on the UI that shows -

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danielbb
Motivator

From cleanliness perspective, is it better to remove these two lines or change them to? -

search_factor = 2
replication_factor = 3
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