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Data & Analytics · Intermediate

Strong Consistency

A guarantee that every read returns the most recent committed write, as if there were a single copy of the data.

Definition

Strong consistency (linearizability) requires coordination between replicas and can increase latency or reduce availability during partitions. Spanner, and Cosmos DB set to Strong, provide it.

Exam tip

Financial balances and inventory that cannot oversell typically require strong consistency.

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