Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms (Ch. on CAP Theorem) on “Stuff I Keep Re‑reading”, a list by Marcus Ellison on TheLysts.
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Distributed systems theory
Year
2002
My take
CAP is the "you can’t have it all" triangle for databases: consistency, availability, partition tolerance—pick two. Useful whenever someone asks for a system that’s fast, never down, always accurate, and also somehow free.
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