CAP Theorem But Better? Introduce the PACELC Theorem
In the previous blog, I introduced the famous CAP Theorem (please give it a read if you haven’t already before you start reading this one). It involves a trilemma of needing to give up one of the following three qualities: consistency, availability, and partition tolerance. Since all three are desirable features of modern-day distributed systems, determining which one to relinquish has become one of the most important and delicate decisions for designers of complicated distributed systems....