Consistency Models

This page points to the main content for consistency models in the system design guide.

Full content

Consistency models (strong, sequential, causal, eventual, read-your-writes) are covered in depth in:

advanced-topics/distributed-systems.md — see the Consistency Models section.

Topics covered there:

• Strong consistency (linearizability)

• Sequential and causal consistency

• Eventual consistency and conflict resolution

• Read-your-writes consistency

• Trade-offs and when to use each

For a quick revision, see the Quick Revision section at the end of that file.