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First, I don't understand why one couldn't federate their instance with every other instance, essentially creating a firehose. It's not as if Twitter runs on a
by narrowrail 10y ago
First, I don't understand why one couldn't federate their instance with every other instance, essentially creating a firehose. It's not as if Twitter runs on a single machine. Secondly, I do not think most users care about "performance on the analytics side" which seems more like a business need.
- wslh 10y agoSorry, I don't want to be pedantic but this is a constraint on distributed systems. Like Google Search, Twitter doesn't run on a single machine but it is a very cohesive and optimized system (e.g: high speed networks, storage and performance).
- sounds 10y agoAnd when a viable solution to the constraints imposed by CAP theorem arises? I would think that will happen sooner rather than later.