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Re:An Illustrated Proof of the CAP Theorem by lucio on Saturday July 14, 2018 @07:35AM (#17529902)
What about partial partitions, let's say you have 7 nodes, and 4 of them can't see the other 3, while the client can see all of them?

There are systems tolerant to these partitions (see PAXOS)

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Re:An Illustrated Proof of the CAP Theorem by vladf on Saturday July 14, 2018 @10:30AM (#17530472)
Your definition of tolerant is incompatible with availability from CAP. The Paxos 3/7 minority in your example can't make progress when partitioned from the other 4 machines.
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