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DOCS-9127: clarifies that arbs make for uneven num of voting members
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source/core/replica-set-arbiter.txt

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An arbiter does **not** have a copy of data set and **cannot** become
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a primary. Replica sets may have arbiters to add a vote in
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:ref:`elections of for primary <replica-set-elections>`. Arbiters
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*always* have exactly ``1`` vote election, and thus
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allow replica sets to have an uneven number of members, without the
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overhead of a member that replicates data.
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*always* have exactly ``1`` election vote, and thus
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allow replica sets to have an uneven number of voting members without the
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overhead of an additional member that replicates data.
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.. important:: Do not run an arbiter on systems that also host the
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primary or the secondary members of the replica set.
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Only add an arbiter to sets with even numbers of members. If you add
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Only add an arbiter to sets with even numbers of voting members. If you add
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an arbiter to a set with an odd number of members, the set may suffer
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from tied :term:`elections <election>`. To add an arbiter, see
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:doc:`/tutorial/add-replica-set-arbiter`.

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