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 Restrictions
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-* There must be one vertx-cluster-watchdog verticle instance per vertx instance, the watchdog is relying onto the fact that one broadcast message is received by one cluster member
+* There must be one vertx-cluster-watchdog verticle instance per vertx instance, the watchdog is relying on the fact that one broadcast message is received by one cluster member
 * the verticle can only handle one hazelcast instance. If there are more than one hazelcast instances, the watchdog will not be run
 
 Configuration