From dev-return-2897-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Tue Feb 24 15:50:10 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 93229 invoked from network); 24 Feb 2009 15:50:10 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 24 Feb 2009 15:50:10 -0000 Received: (qmail 63945 invoked by uid 500); 24 Feb 2009 15:50:10 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 63913 invoked by uid 500); 24 Feb 2009 15:50:10 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 63902 invoked by uid 99); 24 Feb 2009 15:50:09 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:50:09 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of zachary.zolton@gmail.com designates 209.85.132.243 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.132.243] (HELO an-out-0708.google.com) (209.85.132.243) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:49:59 +0000 Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c37so867453anc.5 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:49:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:date:message-id:subject :from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=3+Tnz+nQK2973KXzbuVZBxqUkcOx8nluhrwtH+NEe1w=; b=dnXIav7C4AdFQGggLjUIRvuLswRip1+Dg20eOaaQuV1TEH0LVlk6SiD6eQlvmKKTUs 3ocpShL/0IHl8Nm83pjN1owB01ddd2QUfVdx1/6otCFGkgVVF5dFjQEaNvKzth94+KNY jB+3hvrVh4fPAYYfVqZBuLpoBE5KAoOj6v0wM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=Qf92PGejR5aATMsxUZzNzL8h9oRzRrAvJIX6CtQJ0W4Rivse0EufzV76Pj4J1meetp W5cGOrmRCRDkDZCuB2WqU2XQWhZ/xluJU5ZpkufiBDckqHO6jHRxFQFsoD2e1TNFr3q1 fOYzcVyR9IflG39lkSHrbx44Yx+H0L132ADMA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.109.13 with SMTP id h13mr5747185anc.21.1235490578708; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:49:38 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:49:38 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: ACID vs BASE From: Zachary Zolton To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org As a developer (without an advanced degree :^P) trying to understand Eventual Consistency, I happened upon these slides: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~istoica/classes/cs268/06/notes/20-BFTx2.pdf I know consistency models are a hot topic around here, so I thought I'd ask if this would make a good introductory text for me to explain the techniques to some colleagues of mine. Or does anyone take theoretical issue with it contents?