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It doesn't even have transactions, I'm not sure how 'consistency' is even in the conversation. EDIT: Just saying, failures and partitions are extremely difficu
by duaneb 13y ago
It doesn't even have transactions, I'm not sure how 'consistency' is even in the conversation.
EDIT: Just saying, failures and partitions are extremely difficult to deal with without atomic operations.
- jbellis 13y agoHere we're discussing the Consistency in CAP, not the one in ACID. Here's a good introduction to the concepts involved: http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2008/12/eventually_consistent.html http://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2008/12/eventually_consi...
- duaneb 13y agoIt's no less applicable. During a partition (you know, the 'P' in CAP) it's a nightmare to identify data that's been dropped AND recover from it without strong transaction guarantees. Transactions are the heart of consistency and I wouldn't consider a piece of software to be CAP consistent as opposed to available without transactions.