NATS' author, u/tylertreat, wrote a series of articles on how to build a distributed log that are pretty insightful: Part 1, Storage Mechanics: https://news.yc

NATS' author, u/tylertreat, wrote a series of articles on how to build a distributed log that are pretty insightful: Part 1, Storage Mechanics: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15983185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15983185 Part 2, Data Replication: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16021876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16021876 Part 3, Message Delivery: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16101223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16101223 Part 4, Trade-offs and Lessons: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16181963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16181963 Part 5, Sketching a New System: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16215788 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16215788