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Like most things, it's more complex than that, and as a result it can be either faster or slower than 'median(RTT to each DC in quorum)'. It's a delicate balan
by mota7 4y ago
Like most things, it's more complex than that, and as a result it can be either faster or slower than 'median(RTT to each DC in quorum)'.
It's a delicate balance based on the locations that rows are being read and written. In the case where a row being repeatedly written from only one location and not being read from different location, the writes can be significantly faster than would be naively expected.
- azurelake 4y ago> Like most things, it's more complex than that, Sure, no doubt. My point wasn't really about the particularities. It was around the mistaken idea that I see sometimes where people believe that TrueTime allows for synchronized global writes without any need for consensus.
- randomswede 4y agoThe speed of light in vacuum is a hard upper limit. Most signal paths will be dominated by fibre optics (about 70% of C) and switching (adding more delay). But, yes TrueTime will not magically allow data to propagate at faster-than-light speeds.