Distributed Computing

, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp 79–103

Fast Paxos

  • Leslie Lamport
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Abstract

As used in practice, traditional consensus algorithms require three message delays before any process can learn the chosen value. Fast Paxos is an extension of the classic Paxos algorithm that allows the value to be learned in two message delays. How and why the algorithm works are explained informally, and a TLA+ specification of the algorithm appears as an appendix.

Keywords

Consensus Fault tolerance Distributed algorithms Paxos 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Leslie Lamport
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  1. 1.Microsoft ResearchMountain ViewUSA

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