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pritambaral
2030 days ago
> Sequential Consistency is the name for this model. Writes don’t get lost but ...
Writes can get lost if the primary dies and the secondary is promoted in the meanwhile.
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rubiquity
2030 days ago
Yes but this is dependent upon the specific replication protocol. Primary-Backup has this problem but Majority Quorums and Chain Replication do not.
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pritambaral
2030 days ago
The parent is talking specifically about 'Sequential Consistency'.
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rubiquity
2030 days ago
My point is that Sequential Consistency isn’t a replication protocol, it’s a consistency model that you can have under various different replication protocols.
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