Re: REST impact paper

"J. Andrew Rogers" <[email protected]>
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Never used Spanner but it is a great tool to have for geo-federated systems. AFAIK, Spanner-like transaction systems were invented in the 1980s but the infrastructure for distributing a coordinated time code was outrageously expensive at the time. Inexpensive hardware has made it practical. The big challenge for turning it into a generic product is that database systems have to be designed around a custom hardware stack. That limits it to companies like Google, Amazon, or Microsoft that are comfortable with extensive hardware/software hybridization. 

At some point, I am hoping to be able to justify building a similar type of system. Spanner is a good idea.

Andrew


> On Sep 8, 2017, at 8:58 PM, Joseph S. Barrera III <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Apropos of not much, I'm curious, J, of what you think of Spanner, if
> you've had a chance to use it.
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