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Consensus Algorithms: Paxos, Raft, and Zab

Consensus algorithms get multiple machines to agree on something - and getting this right is so hard that entire PhD theses are written about just one algorithm.

ConsensusFault ToleranceLeader ElectionLog ReplicationQuorumByzantine Fault ToleranceDistributed SystemsSequence NumberTotal Order BroadcastIdempotence

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