CAP Theorem The CAP theorem is a fundamental concept in distributed computing that defines the limitations of consistency, availability, and partition tolerance in a distributed system. It was proposed by Eric Brewer in 2000 and later proved by Seth Gilbert… Read More »Understanding the CAP Theorem Trade-off
etcd is a distributed, reliable key-value store developed by CoreOS that’s designed for shared configuration and service discovery. It is a central component in distributed systems and enables you to store and retrieve data across a cluster of machines.
Distributed locks are a critical concept in the world of distributed systems, necessary for maintaining data consistency, coordination, and synchronization across various nodes of a system. They serve as a concurrency control mechanism to restrict multiple processes from accessing or modifying shared resources simultaneously. In this post, we take a look at a few ways to implement a distributed locks using redis, zookeeper and etcd.