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namespace Apache.Ignite.Core.Cache.Configuration
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Cache rebalance mode. When rebalancing is enabled (i.e. has value other than <see cref="None"/>), 
    /// distributed caches will attempt to rebalance all necessary values from other grid nodes. 
    /// <para />
    /// Replicated caches will try to load the full set of cache entries from other nodes, 
    /// while partitioned caches will only load the entries for which current node is primary or backup.
    /// <para />
    /// The rebalance mode affects both <see cref="CacheMode.Replicated"/> and
    /// <see cref="CacheMode.Partitioned"/> caches.
    /// </summary>
    public enum CacheRebalanceMode
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Synchronous rebalance mode. Distributed caches will not start until all necessary data
        /// is loaded from other available grid nodes.
        /// </summary>
        Sync,

        /// <summary>
        /// Asynchronous rebalance mode. Distributed caches will start immediately and will load all necessary
        /// data from other available grid nodes in the background.
        /// </summary>
        Async,

        /// <summary>
        /// In this mode no rebalancing will take place which means that caches will be either loaded on
        /// demand from persistent store whenever data is accessed, or will be populated explicitly.
        /// </summary>
        None
    }
}