Practice Multi-paxos: Consensus For A Sequence Of Decisions (1.4) - Consensus, Paxos and Recovery in Clouds
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Multi-Paxos: Consensus for a Sequence of Decisions

Practice - Multi-Paxos: Consensus for a Sequence of Decisions

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is Multi-Paxos?

💡 Hint: Think of it as Paxos but for multiple values.

Question 2 Easy

Why is the leader important in Multi-Paxos?

💡 Hint: Consider traffic management.

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Question 1

What does Multi-Paxos extend?

Single-instance Paxos
Distributed Logs
State Machines

💡 Hint: Think about how many values it handles.

Question 2

True or False: A new leader does not need to run the Prepare phase unless it is their first proposal.

True
False

💡 Hint: Focus on the implications of leader changes.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Discuss the implications of not having a stable leader in Multi-Paxos. What potential issues could arise?

💡 Hint: Think about how communication breaks down without coordination.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a scenario where Multi-Paxos could fail due to a network partition. What would be your protocols to restore consensus afterward?

💡 Hint: What happens when parts of the system can’t communicate?

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