Explain the difference between linearizability and sequential consistency, and why the latter is
more practical to implement, in general.
What will be an ideal response?
See pp. 776-778 for the difference. In the absence of clock synchronization of sufficient precision,
linearizability can only be achieved by funnelling all requests through a single server – making it a
performance bottleneck.
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What will be an ideal response?
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