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> Apollo, Facebook’s Paxos-like NoSQL database ... > supports anything from a minimum of three servers to thousands Sorry, you don't run Paxos on thousands of
by eslaught 12y ago
> Apollo, Facebook’s Paxos-like NoSQL database ...
> supports anything from a minimum of three servers to thousands
Sorry, you don't run Paxos on thousands of servers. Typical Paxos cluster sizes are 5-7. The algorithm would never converge if you did run it on thousands of servers.
- mantrax5 12y agoIt's sharded, dude. You may want (typically) 3, 5 or 7 machines per shard for redundancy and failover, but there's no limit on the number of shards you may want to have.
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- teraflop 12y agoWell, I wouldn't judge the software on the basis of the article. The words "Paxos-like database" are enough of a tip-off that it's not exactly going for rigorous technical accuracy.