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Data Loss Model:

We consider data to be lost if an update has been acknowledged to the client, but the corresponding data no longer exists in the system. Today's remote mirroring regimes all experience data loss, but the degree of disaster needed to trigger loss varies:


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Hakim Weatherspoon 2009-01-14