How OmniPaxos handles partial connectivity - and why other protocols can’t
Existing state machine replication protocols become unavailable with partial connectivity. OmniPaxos solves the problem by distilling a minimal set of requirements for becoming the leader which separates liveness and safety logic and adds the novel concept of quorum-connectivity to leader election.
Posted on May 8, 2023 by Kevin Harrison and Harald Ng ‐ 9 min read