Validating Key-value Based Implementations of the Raft Consensus Algorithm for Distributed Systems

Abstract

VALIDATING KEY-VALUE BASED IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THE RAFT CONSENSUS ALGORITHM FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS By Deepthi Vishwanath Distributed systems are a group of systems connected via a network, all working towards achieving a common goal. To achieve fault tolerance and reliability, all the systems should work towards achieving consensus. Paxos is the most widely used consensus algorithm since 2 or 3 decades, but the shift is now happening towards a new algorithm known as Raft. Raft is a