Architecture Patterns
Two-Phase Commit and Distributed Transactions
Two-phase commit ensures a distributed transaction either commits on ALL nodes or rolls back on ALL - but it has a painful blocking problem that makes it a last resort.
AtomicityConsistencyIsolationDurability (ACID)Distributed TransactionCoordinatorParticipant (Resource Manager)Prepare PhaseCommit PhaseVote Commit/AbortTwo-Phase Commit (2PC)
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