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Patterns of Distributed Systems • Unmesh Joshi & James Lewis

GOTO - The Brightest Minds in Tech

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Exploring Distributed Systems and Consistency with Paxos and Raft

The chapter delves into the intricacies of distributed systems, focusing on consistency, availability, and specific technologies like Kafka, Cassandra, Amazon S3, and Cosmos DB. It compares Raft and Paxos for replica consistency, highlighting the single degree Paxos concept and coordination mechanisms. The evolution of practicality in distributed systems is discussed, emphasizing the challenges in managing time, implementing hybrid clocks, and the use of true time in systems like Spanner.

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