One post tagged with "Ordering"

Ordering, in the context of distributed systems, refers to the ability to maintain a well-defined sequence of events or operations across multiple independent nodes. It is a fundamental challenge impacting everything from database consistency to consensus protocols and event-driven architectures. Ensuring a well-defined sequence of operations in an unreliable network is inherently difficult. This blog post explores why ordering is hard in distributed systems, common strategies to address it, and trade-offs involved.