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Re:Why S3 went down by jacobbijani on Friday July 25, 2008 @10:48PM (#257335)
Yeah, it almost read like a description of a virus.
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Re:Why S3 went down by briansmith on Friday July 25, 2008 @11:05PM (#257345)
That is why gossip protocols are also called "epidemic."
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Re:Why S3 went down by jacobbijani on Saturday July 26, 2008 @03:09AM (#257428)
Thanks, I meant to look up gossip protocols after reading the article but forgot. Your comment reminded me.
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Re:Why S3 went down by slackerIII on Saturday July 26, 2008 @01:35PM (#257644)
Does anyone know if there is a "best" paper that describes gossip protocols? They were mentioned in the Dynamo paper, but they didn't really get into them.
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Re:Why S3 went down by slackerIII on Saturday July 26, 2008 @02:57PM (#257698)
Great! Thank you very much.
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