Architecture Patterns
Distributed Locks, Leases, and Fencing Tokens
Distributed locks coordinate processes so only one does a critical operation at a time - but getting them right is surprisingly hard because of clock skew and process pauses.
Mutual ExclusionDistributed ConsensusAtomic OperationsIdempotenceLease ManagementFencing TokenZooKeeperRedisetcdKafka
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