Clock Synchronization in Distributed Databases
Part 1: The Physical Clock Problem, Quartz, NTP, and Why Time Lies This is Part 1 of a 5-part series on clock synchronization in distributed databases, covering CockroachDB and Aurora DSQL. Part 1 : The Physical Clock Problem (you are here) Part 2 : Atomic Clocks, The Source of Truth Part 3 : The Hybrid Logical Clock, CockroachDB's Solution Part 4 : Uncertainty Intervals, MVCC, and Transaction…
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