[zeromq-dev] Paxos Consensus over ZeroMQ

[Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis]

I would like to see some benchmarks.
I find this very useful, but I dont know whether one can use it from other
languages.

2013/3/23 Pieter Hintjens <ph at imatix.com>

> Hi Tom,
>
> Do you have any examples where Paxos would solve problems faced by
> developers using 0MQ?
>
> -Pieter
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 7:24 AM, Tom Cocagne <tom.cocagne at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > At a meetup just short of a year ago I was asked to post to the list
> > about a Paxos over ZeroMQ side project I'd been working on. At the
> > time, the implementation was roughly alpha quality and the code wasn't
> > particularly clean but it seemed to be fairly well received. For those
> > that are still interested, I'm pleased to say that the project is now
> > pretty much complete. All of the major functionality is in place, the
> > code has been cleaned up, and the documentation is in decent shape.
> >
> > All of the other open-source Paxos implementations I've found are
> > either horribly over-complicated or they inextricably commingle their
> > application-specific logic with their handling of the Paxos algorithm.
> > While trying to get up to speed on Paxos, I never did find a good,
> > clean example of it's implementation and use. For that reason, I made
> > a special effort to gear this implementation specifically for clarity
> > and ease of understanding. The project is split into two separate
> > repositories. One implements the bare Paxos algorithm
> > (https://github.com/cocagne/paxos) and the other uses it on top of
> > ZeroMQ (https://github.com/cocagne/zpax). Beyond being just generally
> > useful libraries, I'm hoping these implementations will serve as
> > approachable examples for others interested in the topic.
> >
> > Tom
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Sincerely yours,

     Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis
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