Unlike vanilla Paxos, Flexible Paxos can lose a majority of acceptors and still maintain write availability. It however loses the ability to elect new leaders much sooner while a majority of acceptors is still available.
Unlike vanilla Paxos, Flexible Paxos can lose a majority of acceptors and still maintain write availability. It however loses the ability to elect new leaders much sooner while a majority of acceptors is still available.

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