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Re:Torus: A distributed storage system by CoreOS by zzzcpan on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @04:19PM (#11817790)
> unaware of how difficult it is to even just reliably get bits to and from stable storage

It's not difficult, it's actually impossible. And any system relying on the reliability of that would be broken by design.

> let alone string that into a distributed system that must make CAP tradeoffs

No. Distributed systems and "CAP tradeoffs" actually exist to solve the problem above with predictable certainty.

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Re:Torus: A distributed storage system by CoreOS by halayli on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @05:02PM (#11818133)
It seems you're disagreeing with yourself.
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Re:Torus: A distributed storage system by CoreOS by zzzcpan on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @05:11PM (#11818186)
Care to point out where? I can explain if something seems too ambiguous.

It is impossible to reliably store something in your local storage. It is possible to achieve some probability of data retention and availability in a distributed system.

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