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Read and learn: https://research.google.com/archive/spanner.html https://research.google.com/archive/spanner.html Serializability is all about ensuring a singl
by theptip 10y ago
Read and learn: https://research.google.com/archive/spanner.html https://research.google.com/archive/spanner.html
Serializability is all about ensuring a single consistent ordering of events. Lots of algorithmic shortcuts you can take if all your nodes' clocks are precisely in sync.
- socmag 10y agoI'm very familiar with the literature since I'm a distributed database developer. If you investigate high frequency trading you will understand that the quantum phenomena that I'm talking about is not just me high on mushrooms but a real world thing. The only "time" relevant is the time when the cluster agrees an atomic, isolated transaction is time to commit from its own perspective.