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Intro to Foundation DB via a Distributed Mutex

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Re: Intro to Foundation DB via a Distributed Mutex

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It's a nice intro! One thing I would respectfully suggest is using more precise terminology than "ACID". Jepsen has a great resource for looking at various consistency models (https://jepsen.io/consistency/models) and while every database these days says it is "ACID", very few can guarantee Strict Serializability in a distributed setting, like FoundationDB does.

Re: Intro to Foundation DB via a Distributed Mutex

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jwr wrote: post #2

It's a nice intro! One thing I would respectfully suggest is using more precise terminology than "ACID". Jepsen has a great resource for looking at various consistency models ( https://jepsen.io/consistency/models ) and while every database these days says it is "ACID", very few can guarantee Strict Serializability in a distributed setting, like FoundationDB does.

Good suggestion. I take serializability for granted.
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