[infinispan-issues] [JBoss JIRA] (ISPN-4682) Improve SyncConsistentHashFactory key distribution

Improve SyncConsistentHashFactory key distribution -------------------------------------------------- Key: ISPN-4682 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/ISPN-4682 Project: Infinispan Issue Type: Enhancement Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Components: Core Affects Versions: 6.0.2.Final, 7.0.0.Beta1 Reporter: Dan Berindei Assignee: Dan Berindei Labels: performance Fix For: 7.0.0.Beta2 {{SyncConsistentHashFactory}} and {{TopologyAwareSyncConsistentHashFactory}} distribute the segments between nodes randomly, and the number of segments distributed to different nodes is not very even. They should have a fail-safe mechanism to limit the variation in segment number between nodes.