> distributed software system What if the business demands a certain level of serialized transaction throughput that is incompatible with ideas like paxos? Yo

> distributed software system What if the business demands a certain level of serialized transaction throughput that is incompatible with ideas like paxos? You will never beat one fast machine at a serialized narrative, and it just so happens that most serious businesses require these semantics. How much does downtime cost you per hour? What are the consequences if your services become unavailable?