distributed-computing

“Eventual Consistency” vs “Strong Eventual Consistency” vs “Strong Consistency”?

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DISCLAIMER: The text below should give you a rough idea about the differences among Eventual Consistency, Strong Eventual Consistency and Strong Consistency. But they are in some way an over-simplification. So take them with a grain of salt 😉 First things first: when we talk about consistency we refer to an scenario where different entities … Read more

Why isn’t RDBMS Partition Tolerant in CAP Theorem and why is it Available?

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It is very easy to misunderstand the CAP properties, hence I’m providing some illustrations to make it easier. Consistency: A query Q will produce the same answer A regardless the node that handles the request. In order to guarantee full consistency we need to ensure that all nodes agree on the same value at all … Read more