At 05:26 AM 10/19/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
is not the only interface in the cluster. From our perspective all clustered facilities should base on the same mechanism in the solution, as otherwise the behaviour of the system is hardly predictable. So, if we base some application/service distribution model based on assumption that sub-partitioning is possible, we may end up with interesting (from technical perspective) problems regarding multiple services instead of a single one reporting controversal values.
Unfortunately if you go this route then you will end up requiring strong consistency everywhere which basically doesn't scale. You _have_ to leverage the knowledge you have about access patterns and consistency requirements if you want a practical system that scales.
andy
