base-db – Tarik Billa

What does ‘soft-state’ in BASE mean?

July 16, 2023 by Tarik

This page (originally here, now available only from the web archive) may help: [soft state] is information (state) the user put into the system that will go away if the user doesn’t maintain it. Stated another way, the information will expire unless it is refreshed. By contrast, the position of a typical simple light-switch is … Read more

Explanation of BASE terminology

October 11, 2022 by Tarik

The BASE acronym was defined by Eric Brewer, who is also known for formulating the CAP theorem. The CAP theorem states that a distributed computer system cannot guarantee all of the following three properties at the same time: Consistency Availability Partition tolerance A BASE system gives up on consistency. Basically available indicates that the system … Read more