A Critique of the CAP Theorem.pdf

TheCAPTheoremisafrequentlycitedimpossibilityresultindistributedsystems,especiallyamongNoSQLdistributeddatabases.InthispaperwesurveysomeoftheconfusionaboutthemeaningofCAP,includ-inginconsistenciesandambiguitiesinitsdefinitions,andwehighlightsomeproblemsini