CAP Theorem - Partition is a verb

People who’ve spent some time around databases usually have an intuitive sense of ACID, even if the acronym slips their mind. And if you work with distributed systems, you usually have a rough idea of the CAP Theorem, even if the details are fuzzy. The first thing you remember about CAP is probably, “Pick two out of three.” And maybe you can even remember the letters without a search engine …

Nextcloud Global Scale: local data and limitless scalability at commodity cost - Nextcloud

Scaling file sync and share architectures from thousands to tens of thousands all the way to millions of users with Nextcloud Global Scale.

Distributed Systems Design: Patterns and Practices

In today’s world of massive-scale applications and services, distributed systems have become the backbone of modern computing. They enable applications to handle vast amounts of data, remain resilient in the face of failures, and deliver high performance across the globe. However, designing these systems is not a trivial task. It involves understanding complex principles and implementing robust patterns to ensure they meet the desired specifications. In this blog post, we’ll dive deeper into the core principles and patterns of distributed system design, covering consistency models, the CAP theorem, fault tolerance, and essential patterns like Saga, Circuit Breaker, and Bulkhead.

Kubernetes is vulnerable to stale reads, violating critical pod safety guarantees · Issue #59848 · kubernetes/kubernetes

When we added resourceVersion=0 to reflectors, we didn't properly reason about its impact on nodes. Its current behavior can cause two nodes to run a pod with the same name at the same time when us...

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