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		ithkuil on Oct 8, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You Can't Sacrifice Partition Tolerance CAPL: consistency, availability, partition tolerance, latency Paxos sacrifices latency

kaib on Oct 8, 2010 [–]

Incorrect, paxos sacrifices availability. Paxos is consistent but does not necessarily ever terminate.

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