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Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Jan 16, 2018 · Fundamentals

Consistency, Consensus, and Reliability in Distributed Systems

This article explains the core challenges of achieving consistency in distributed systems, describes consensus algorithms such as Paxos and Raft, discusses theoretical limits like the FLP impossibility and CAP theorem, and shows how trade‑offs among consistency, availability, and partition tolerance shape practical system design.

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Consistency, Consensus, and Reliability in Distributed Systems