CAP Theorem in Nutshell
About CAP Theorem
It is also known as Brewer’s theorem after computer scientist Eric Brewer
Simple terms
It states no distributed data store can provide more than 2 out of 3 gurantees
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Consistency : Every client views the same data. Every node in distributed cluster recieves same data.
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Availability : During node failure time, every node must respond in a reasonable amount of time.
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Partition tolerance : Gurantees partition tolerance can recover from partitions once the partition heals.
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