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I don't think you should be sorry. I was wondering the same thing. If messages can't get lost (because of good network monitoring), can't you have perfect consi
by jamesaguilar 13y ago
I don't think you should be sorry. I was wondering the same thing. If messages can't get lost (because of good network monitoring), can't you have perfect consistency and availability?
That said, practically speaking your system may have to wait for the partition to be fixed, which would either make the system practically unavailable or practically inconsistent. But not theoretically, at least, not as this site describes it.
- whatshisface 13y agoWe can turn the link catch into something practical and real by having redundant linking hardware and a really good sysadmin team. When your network going down is just as unlikely as all your servers going down at the same time you can be said to have won.
- saurik 13y agoThis question is directly responded to in the article "You Can't Sacrifice Partition Tolerance" by Coda Hale. http://codahale.com/you-cant-sacrifice-partition-tolerance/ http://codahale.com/you-cant-sacrifice-partition-tolerance/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1768312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1768312