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Discussion on: Making The Invalid Impossible - Choosing The Right Data Model

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maphengg

Locking is fine in a single instance of an application but doesn't help in a distributed system where availability is the priority over consistency of data.

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Frank Rosner

I agree. You have to understand whether you want availability or consistency if there is a network partition. Based on your requirements you should select the coordination algorithm that fits your needs.