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Why dumb? Admittedly I don't like the common phrasing of "pick 2". I much prefer: "in the face of a partition, a system can be consistent or available, but no
by dap 6y ago
Why dumb? Admittedly I don't like the common phrasing of "pick 2". I much prefer: "in the face of a partition, a system can be consistent or available, but not both."
- georgewfraser 6y agoIt’s a trivial observation that tells you nothing about the trade offs of building distributed systems.
- nojokes 6y agoWell, it does. If you can warranty high availability (by other means) then you can focus on consistency. It also says that you should design your data so that becoming partitioned is not a problem.
- inopinatus 6y agoWell, it’s helpful for describing the trade-offs to people for whom it isn’t trivial or obvious. What it doesn’t do, particularly, is help us build them.