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by ryanobjc 13y ago
"by refusing requests" So any system that can handle a split brain by crash failing successfully handles the situation? The definitions here are so broad, and doesnt really match my experience, which is namely detecting a fully split brain
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I'd also like to point out that the CAP proof doesn't really talk about "split brain mode"... it talks about "partitions" which are narrowly defined in the network model. So even if one is "P"-protected in the "CAP" theorem sense, you might
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
Interesting story, the Amazon datacenters were built in such a way they were reliant on WAN links between them to act as one. So take your average datacenter, let's say it has 60,000 machines, and now you put it in to 3 datacenters of 20,00
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
So a lot of his crimes are pretty far in the past now (20 years in some cases). So I'm thinking that "never forgive, never forget" is the motto here? Rehabilitation is not possible? I think you are forgetting that many "praiseworthy" indi
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I totally did at first. Hopes... deleted
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I wonder how many commenters here actually live in SF or know anything about it... San Francisco has one of the most tenant friendly laws in the entire country. Rent control is very strict, and the whole "rent has gone up by X%" ... well i
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I dont think anyone would claim a massively distributed system should be fully consistent or ACID. As for the eventual inconsistency remark, this is from the original authors of Cassandra at Facebook. They did not extend the use of Cassand
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by ryanobjc 13y ago
I'd tend to agree on a general sense - yeah when faced with failure in a WAN environment, it makes sense to attempt to continue when at all possible. However, banks are one of the biggest purchasers of ACID systems... They still bet heavily