[dpark]

I'll have to see if I can dig some of the responses up. It bugs me that I still don't know if this algorithm is actually safe.

[SEJeff]

Honestly given Antirez's response I'm genuinely surprised no one has written a TLA+ or similar formal verification proof. Then the outcome is binary; either redlock is sound and works as expected, or it is not.

Amazon's AWS Architect, James Hamilton is a big fan of this approach, as are most of the heavyweights in distributed systems:

http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2014/07/challenges-in-desig...

EDIT: prefaced URL with http