Chapter 13. Replication patterns

The previous chapter introduced powerful architectural and implementation patterns for breaking down a larger system into simple components that are isolated from each other while encapsulating failures. One aspect that we did not cover is how to distribute the functionality of a component such that it can withstand hardware and infrastructure outages without loss of availability. This topic is large enough by itself to be treated in a separate chapter. In particular, in this chapter you will learn about the following:

  • The Active–Passive Replication pattern, for cases where explicit failover is acceptable or desirable
  • Three different Multiple-Master Replication patterns that allow clients to contact any replica ...

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