Consensus algorithms – are they the solution for your mission-critical systems?

State-machine replication and consensus algorithms have been around for a long time and underpin several core-distributed primitives that power web-scale platforms, such as Google (Chubby, Spanner), Amazon Web Services and many others.

But do you have to work at this scale to benefit from such an architecture?

In recent years, at Adaptive we have built trading systems using the Raft consensus algorithm and embracing the concept of state-machine replication. This article covers the benefits (and some pitfalls) we’ve encountered, to help you decide whether such an architecture is right for you.

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Olivier Deheurles

Director at Adaptive Financial Consulting

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