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Databases & Data
2020
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Jepsen: Redis-Raft 1b3fbf6

Redis is a fast single-threaded data structure server, commonly used as a cache, scratchpad, queue, or coordination mechanism between distributed applications. It offers operations over a broad array of datatypes , including binary blobs, lists, sets, sorted sets, maps, geohashes, counters, channels, streams, and…

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Jepsen: PostgreSQL 12.3

PostgreSQL is a major open-source relational database with a 23-year history and a broad range of features. While Jepsen’s work has traditionally focused on distributed systems, our tooling is readily applicable to traditional, single-node databases. In this report, we present the results of applying Jepsen’s…