Databases = Frameworks for Distributed Systems

Re:Databases = Frameworks for Distributed Systems by gslin on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:17AM (#31491658)

I would say the author just tried to redefined "distributed", and ignored those real distributed systems, e.g. Paxos/Raft-based ones.

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Re:Databases = Frameworks for Distributed Systems by quietbritishjim on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:48AM (#31492046)

You are thinking of fully decentralised systems.

A system where there is a centralised leader is still a distributed system so long as at least some of the processing takes place on other nodes.

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Re:Databases = Frameworks for Distributed Systems by codelorado on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @09:53AM (#31492122)

As per Wikipedia, a distributed system is: "a system whose components are located on different networked computers, which communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages to one another from any system."

You're describing consensus algorithms.

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