Consistency Tradeoffs in Modern Distributed Database System Design: CAP is Only Part of the Story
Daniel J. Abadi · Computer · 2012
The CAP theorem's impact on modern distributed database system design is more limited than is often perceived. Another tradeoff-between consistency and latency -has had a more direct influence on several well-known DDBSs. A proposed new formulation, PACELC, unifies this tradeoff with CAP.