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Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types - flags, graphs and maps

Previous post about the Conflict-free Replicated Data Types presented some of basic structures of this type. This one will describe some of recently uncovered types such as: flags, graphs and arrays.

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Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type

Pessimistic replication requires a synchronous communication between the main node writing the data and the replicas. However in some cases the optimistic replication can be more efficient and still guarantee the same final result. One of solutions from this category are conflict-free replicated data types.

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