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Why use Paxos instead of Raft?
TLDR: Neon separates storage and compute, substituting the PostgreSQL persistency layer with a custom-made distributed storage written in Rust. Due to this separation, some nodes don’t have persistent disks. The original Raft paper works only with uniform nodes, but Paxos variants support proposers without storage and…
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Systems & PerformanceDatabases & Data2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2022 | Why use Paxos instead of Raft? by davidgomes | 131 | 45 |
