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   - performance
     - one round trip for reads
     - 2 round trips for read/write
-
-**Independent failure modes**
-- different security provisions (root passwd etc)
-- different implementations  !!
+- independent failure modes**
+  - different security provisions (root passwd etc)
+  - different implementations  !!
 
 ## Definitions
 - a **view** is a configuration of the system w/ one replica the *primary* and the others *backups*.