Generalized Consensus: Defining the Problem
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The article introduces the concept of Generalized Consensus, a problem in distributed systems that involves achieving agreement among nodes, and the discussion revolves around its definition and relevance to various applications.
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One of our goals is to make this work for Postgres via Multigres. But the principles can be used to implement your own solutions also. This will make Durability and High Availability more accessible for users.
I'll post here as I release the subsequent parts.