Practice Core Issues And Challenges In Achieving Consensus (1.1) - Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds
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Core Issues and Challenges in Achieving Consensus

Practice - Core Issues and Challenges in Achieving Consensus

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Define asynchrony in the context of distributed systems.

💡 Hint: Think about communication timing.

Question 2 Easy

What is a crash failure?

💡 Hint: Focus on the behavior of the process.

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Question 1

What does asynchrony in distributed systems mean?

Predictable timing of messages
Unpredictable timing of messages
No message delivery

💡 Hint: Think about message timing.

Question 2

True or False: Crash failures can exhibit incorrect behavior.

True
False

💡 Hint: Focus on the definition of crash failures.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Analyzing a specific distributed system scenario, identify how asynchrony impacts consensus decision-making in practice. Give a concrete example.

💡 Hint: Consider the role of messaging and timing.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss how Byzantine faults complicate the implementation of consensus algorithms in real-world systems. Suggest practical approaches to mitigate these problems.

💡 Hint: Think about solutions that enhance integrity.

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