I need to implement one of the logical clock algorithms (described here), to allow me to coordinate an election protocol for a distributed system. I'm struggling to work out how I might go about using the clock to enforce a total ordering on a sequence of events in practice. i.e. I don't see a problem in implementing the data structures in practice, but I can't work out how to ensure that my election is not being duplicated elsewhere in the network.For example, if my 'master' machine goes down, I expect several machines to notice at round about the same time. There will be contention for the 'master' position as several machines try to take it over. My plan is for each machine to broadcast a 'grab the master position' message. Using a logical clock, I should be able to decide what was the globally first machine that sent the message. It will then be acclaimed the master. What I can't work out is how (and where) I will be able to create that ordering over the network messages.Has anyone out there implemented this sort of algorithm and can offer me some guidance on how I should go about solving the problem?Thanks in Advance.
Distributed Elections using Logical Clocks (hints and tips)
dc.distributed comp