&gt; Riak uses the SHA hash as its distribution mechanism and divides the output range of the SHA hash evenly amongst participating nodes in the cluster.<p>Wait, Riak uses SHA as distribution hash?
Why use a cryptographic hash for distribution and not something like Murmur3, if you&#x27;re talking about high-performant[0] ?<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.reverberate.org&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;state-of-hash-functions-2012.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.reverberate.org&#x2F;2012&#x2F;01&#x2F;state-of-hash-functions-...</a>