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Level 2: Data · L2.5 Consistency models, CAP & PACELC

CAP without the myths

State what CAP really says (choice during a partition).

12 min · Pro

What you take away

  • CAP constrains one situation only: what a node does while it cannot reach its peers.

And 3 more inside the class, in Pro.

How the class is laid out

  1. The problem
  2. The simple version
  3. What it says, and what it does not
  4. Check your understanding