Model
Jitter spreads a herd
Jitter is the general antidote to synchronization.
- Clients
- clients retrying together
- Jitter window
- the width of the jitter window
- Natural spread
- how spread out the clients are without jitter
Worked examples, recomputed
Every number the mechanisms quote for this relationship is recomputed from it, so none of them disagrees with it.
Where it appears
Each mechanism states it in its own names. The general symbol each name stands for is shown with it.
- Emergent Failure Dynamics
What happens when nothing is broken, every component is healthy, and the system's own response to stress makes the stress worse?