CAP Theorem

CAP Theorem

• CAP Theorem is a fundamental principle in distributed systems that addresses the trade-offs involved in building distributed databases
  • CP system (eg. banking system)
  • AP system (eg. e-commerce App)
• Consistency
  • Every read reflects the most recent write or an error
• Availability
  • Every request gets a non-error response, without guarantee of it being the latest
• Partition Tolerance
  • System continues to work regardless of losing network connectivity between nodes

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