Understanding Consensus and Paxos in Distributed SystemsA distributed auction Take 1: Auction! Correctness properties Take 2: Auction! Take 3: Auction! Agreement: Why it works Termination: Why it doesn’t (always) work. FLP Ghost The Paxos Algorithm Phase 1- Prepare Phase Phase 2 - Accept Phase Computers can sometimes be unexpectedly tricky. Having them accomplish seemingly rudimentary tasks can be a lot more complicated than we would expect. One exampl
