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Wikipedia is pretty good. The page for "consensus algorithm" has links for Paxos and Raft. The basic idea is how to coordinate multiple independent agents over
by iainmerrick 10y ago
Wikipedia is pretty good. The page for "consensus algorithm" has links for Paxos and Raft.
The basic idea is how to coordinate multiple independent agents over an unreliable network. For example, multiple servers trying to manage a shared database. Lots of HN people know about this because it's a key building block of reliable and scalable cloud computing.