Posts tagged fault-tolerance

The NoSQL Partition Tolerance Myth

partition-oblivious partition-tolerant fault-tolerance March 07, 2013 at 02:10 PM Emin Gün Sirer
A number of NoSQL vendors are trying to repackage partition obliviousness as if it were partition tolerance. I define the terms, illustrate the differences, and bust three myths related to partition tolerance.

Broken by Design: MongoDB Fault Tolerance

mongo nosql fault-tolerance bolt-on engineering broken January 29, 2013 at 02:15 PM Emin Gün Sirer
MongoDB claims that it provides fault-tolerance. In this note, I explain why and how it falls short.