Comment on Visual Guide to NoSQL SystemsComments−jbellis16ySubmitted http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1191075 because a lot of people in this thread could use an explanation of what CAP actually means. :)−strlen16yI think P should be an S ("split"), a lot of people seem to confuse partition in the context of "partitioning a database" with a network partition ("split-brain" scenario).Perhaps a better example to use should be a distributed chat room.
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Submitted http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1191075 because a lot of people in this thread could use an explanation of what CAP actually means. :)
I think P should be an S ("split"), a lot of people seem to confuse partition in the context of "partitioning a database" with a network partition ("split-brain" scenario).
Perhaps a better example to use should be a distributed chat room.