When "Worst" is Best in Distributed Systems

When "Worst" is Best in Distributed Systems

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Simple Example: Read Committed

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Simple Example: Read Committed

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When "Worst" is Best in Distributed Systems

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 What if we designed computer systems for worst case scenarios?
  3. 3 Designing for the worst case often penalizes the average case
  4. 4 Distributed Systems Matter
  5. 5 Networks make design hard
  6. 6 Handling Worst-Case Net Behavior availability addresses delays, drops
  7. 7 DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTIONS (EC2)
  8. 8 But wait! What about CAP?!?!
  9. 9 "Worst" is a Design Tool Example: Coordination-Avoiding Databases
  10. 10 Simple Example: Read Committed
  11. 11 Punchline: Distributed Systems & Networks
  12. 12 Fail-over helps (Dev)Ops
  13. 13 Tail Latency in (Micro)services
  14. 14 Universal Design
  15. 15 This talk: When can designing for the worst case improve the average case?
  16. 16 Reasoning about worst-case scenarios can be a powerful design tool

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