Building a Distributed Log from Scratch, Part 2: Data Replication

Wed, 27 Dec 2017 12:26:55 -0600

In part one of this series we introduced the idea of a message log, touched on why it’s useful, and discussed the storage mechanics behind it. In part two, we discuss data replication.

We have our log. We know how to write data to it and read it back as well as how data is persisted. The caveat to this is, although we have a durable log, it’s a single point of failure (SPOF). If the machine where the log data is stored dies, we’re SOL. Recall that one of our three priorities with this system is high availability, so the question is how do we achieve high availability and fault tolerance?

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Building a Distributed Log from Scratch, Part 2: Data Replication