World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

Fault Tolerance and Consistency at Scale: Harnessing the Power of Distributed SQL Databases

Can your database survive a 'Taylor Swift' traffic spike without sacrificing strong consistency? Discover how distributed SQL resolves extreme data skew and ensures zero-data-loss failovers at internet scale.

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