Our view (and yes, this may seem counterintuitive at first), is that the problem with ACID is not that its guarantees are too strong (and that therefore scaling these guarantees in a shared-nothing cluster of machines is too hard), but rather that its guarantees are too weak, and that this weakness is hindering scalability.
That is indeed counter-intuitive at first, but they make a good case. I'm impressed with the idea, and hope to follow this more closely. Anyone know any other research on the subject?
That is indeed counter-intuitive at first, but they make a good case. I'm impressed with the idea, and hope to follow this more closely. Anyone know any other research on the subject?