Lamport Clock

Next distributed system pattern from Unmesh is the Lamport Clock. Distributed systems can't assume that time is consistent between servers, and sometimes time goes backwards. Yet it's important to have some way to order events.

more… https://martinfowler.com/articles/patterns-of-distributed-systems/lamport-clock.html

Created 4y | Jun 23, 2021, 3:20:39 PM


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