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That's an excellent description. And post's author describes that systems behave like CP. But in general, Google's network is very different than other network
by rdtsc 10y ago
That's an excellent description. And post's author describes that systems behave like CP.
But in general, Google's network is very different than other networks. With their resources they can provide guarantees and capacities other run-of-the-mill data centers can't. So others probably shouldn't listen and assume it applies to them as well.
- freels 10y agoIME, while Google's network is really good (based on my experience w/ GCP at least), AWS cross-region traffic, for example, is still pretty reliable. Reliable enough, at least, that trading off perfect resiliency in the face of partitions is worth it to gain strong consistency semantics. IMO behavior in the face of partitions is a bit of a red herring. The latency tradeoffs required in a geo-replicated CP vs AP system is much more relevant.