The "global log" is a logical component. It is a distributed, partitioned write-ahead log which is implemented in a pipelined version of Raft. It is both distr

The "global log" is a logical component. It is a distributed, partitioned write-ahead log which is implemented in a pipelined version of Raft. It is both distributed and replicated, even across datacenters, depending on topological configuration. We will update the post to make this more clear.