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How to do distributed locking
As part of the research for my book , I came across an algorithm called Redlock on the Redis website. The algorithm claims to implement fault-tolerant distributed locks (or rather, leases [1]) on top of Redis, and the page asks for feedback from people who are into distributed systems. The algorithm instinctively set…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Feb 8, 2016 | How to do distributed locking by martinkl | 277 | 71 |
| Oct 20, 2024 | How to do distributed locking (2016) by yusufaytas | 244 | 95 |
| Jun 19, 2019 | How to Do Distributed Locking (2016) by appwiz | 120 | 13 |
| May 12, 2023 | How to do distributed locking (2016) by thealig | 103 | 18 |
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