Alibaba Cloud Native

Jul 30, 2026 · Cloud Native

Replication‑Free Failover for RocketMQ: Achieving Second‑Level Takeover Without Data Copy

The ACM FSE‑2026 industry paper introduces a replication‑free failover mechanism for cloud‑native stateful services like Apache RocketMQ, using protocol‑level write isolation and multi‑attach storage to achieve second‑level recovery without extra data copies, while maintaining low cost and near‑native throughput.