Definition
Write-back coalescing
The price: up to T_flush of updates can be lost in a crash.
- Write rate
- writes per second to one key
- Flush interval
- the flush interval
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.
- Caching
What happens when we deliberately keep a second copy of data that no protocol forces to be correct?