Consistency, Availability, and Convergence + COPS

March 17, 2015 ~ Adrian Colyer ~ 12 Comments

Consistency, Availability, and Convergence Mahajan et al. 2014, and Don't Settle for Eventual: Scalable Causal Consistency for Wide-Area Storage with COPS - LLoyd et al. 2011 This is the second of five Desert Island Paper selections from Jonas Bonér that we'll be looking at this week. I've turned this post into a double-header since Consistency, ... Continue Reading

Desert Island Papers: Jonas Bonér

March 15, 2015 ~ Adrian Colyer ~ 4 Comments

With the Desert Island Papers weeks, I invite a guest to select 5 of their favourite papers and give a short introduction to them (see last month's edition with Peter Alvaro for a longer explanation of the concept). This week, I'm delighted to have Jonas Bonér introduce his selections. I've known Jonas for a long ... Continue Reading

Desert Island Papers: Peter Alvaro

February 16, 2015 ~ Adrian Colyer ~ 8 Comments

There's a famous UK radio programme that's been running since 1942 called 'Desert Island Discs.' This is a programme in which "a well-known person is asked the question, if you were to be cast away alone on a desert island, which eight gramophone records would you choose to have with you, assuming of course, that ... Continue Reading

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Consistency, Availability, and Convergence + COPS

Desert Island Papers: Jonas Bonér

Desert Island Papers: Peter Alvaro