Top "Consistency" questions

In database systems, a consistent transaction is one that does not violate any integrity constraints during its execution.

CAP theorem - Availability and Partition Tolerance

While I try to understand the "Availability" (A) and "Partition tolerance" (P) in CAP, I found it difficult to understand …

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How do I set the consistency level of an individual CQL query in CQL3?

In the earlier beta releases of CQL, there was a command I could use to set the read / write consistency …

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Amazon - DynamoDB Strong consistent reads, Are they latest and how?

In an attempt to use Dynamodb for one of projects, I have a doubt regarding the strong consistency model of …

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C/C++ algorithm to produce same pseudo-random number sequences from same seed on different platforms?

The title says it all, I am looking for something preferably stand-alone because I don't want to add more libraries. …

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Which part of the CAP theorem does Cassandra sacrifice and why?

There is a great talk here about simulating partition issues in Cassandra with Kingsby's Jesper library. My question is - …

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how to set cassandra read and write consistency

I can not find the documentation for this. I know there is a consistency command in cqlsh, but there is …

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Keeping testing and production server environments clean, in sync, and consistent

It seems that the company that I work for is always struggling with our customers’ server environments. Specifically, we almost …

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Python - Why do the find and index methods work differently?

In Python, find and index are very similar methods, used to look up values in a sequence type. find is …

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What are the differences between sequential consistency and quiescent consistency?

Can anyone explain me the definitions and differences between sequential consistency and quiescent consistency? In the most dumb form possible :| …

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