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The CAP theorem

root — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 22:38:58 +0000

The CAP theorem coined by computer scientist Eric Brewer, offers a way to formalize the trade-offs between consistency and availability in the presence of partitions, in distributed systems. The theorem states that we will need to choose 2 out of…

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NAS vs SAN – A brief comparison.

root — Sun, 30 May 2021 20:00:45 +0000

Network Attached Storage [NAS] NAS is a specialized data storage device connected to a network providing data access to other machines in the network over ethernet. It’s hardware, software, or specific configuration, limits it from doing any function other than…

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What is RAID?

root — Sun, 30 May 2021 18:23:20 +0000

RAID [Redundant Array of Independent Disks] is a way of providing redundancy to the stored data, providing protection from Disk failures. RAID makes it possible to use lower-priced disks are in large numbers to safely store data. There is increased availability and…

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