Understanding the Paxos Consensus Algorithm Part III: Raft’s Answer to Crashes, Partitions, & Delays

Paxos proved consensus is possible. Raft made it practical — one leader, clean logs, no wasted work. From Alice & Bob’s lock battles to real clusters, consensus means safety and progress.


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Paxos proved consensus is possible. Raft made it practical — one leader, clean logs, no wasted work. From Alice & Bob’s lock battles to real clusters, consensus means safety and progress.


This content originally appeared on HackerNoon and was authored by uberkewl8


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