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One approach to assign keys to a dynamically changing list of servers. Generates a random permutation of servers for each key; key is “owned” by the first available server in the list. Removing a server only affects those keys who had that server first in their corresponding list.
Rendezvous hashing [Wikipedia]
Is an alternative to _consistent hashing_.