Posts tagged partition-tolerant

You Might Be A Data Radical

partition-oblivious partition-tolerant March 08, 2013 at 02:10 PM Emin Gün Sirer
More thoughts on the difference between partition-oblivious and partition-tolerant data stores.

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.