Practice Messages (handling In-transit Messages) (3.2.4) - Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds
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Messages (Handling In-Transit Messages)

Practice - Messages (Handling In-Transit Messages)

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What are in-transit messages?

💡 Hint: Think about the simultaneous actions in a distributed system.

Question 2 Easy

Why is logging important for in-transit messages?

💡 Hint: Consider what happens during a rollback.

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Question 1

What are in-transit messages?

Messages sent and received
Messages sent but not yet received
Messages only received

💡 Hint: Focus on the definition of messages in relation to timing.

Question 2

Why is it important to log in-transit messages?

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how systems restore states.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

You are tasked with designing a system that handles in-transit messages effectively. What strategies would you implement to ensure messages are logged correctly without significantly impacting performance?

💡 Hint: Think about balancing performance with data integrity.

Challenge 2 Hard

Describe how ignoring in-transit messages in a financial transaction system could potentially lead to fraud or loss. Provide a sample scenario.

💡 Hint: Imagine a double transaction scenario where one operation reflects the incorrect state of the system.

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