Raft isn't, but that is extremely different from whether an implementation of Raft is or isn't. Kyle Kingsbury's work shows this to be the case quite often - se

Raft isn't, but that is extremely different from whether an implementation of Raft is or isn't. Kyle Kingsbury's work shows this to be the case quite often - see http://jepsen.io/ http://jepsen.io/ . I have read the design document, and know how Spanner works. This isn't the first time I've asked about this, I had the 2nd highest upvoted comment on the initial CockroachDB announcement ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9660339 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9660339 ) which means it is many many more people than just me that are concerned about these claims. Unless you can show me exactly what research contradicts my critique, your response has no merit and doesn't address my concerns. You can't handwave magic appeals to authorities without citing them. So my questions still stand.