Rex: Replication at the Speed of Multi-core by Zhenyu Guo, Chuntao Hong, Mao Yang, Dong Zhou, Lidong Zhou, and Li Zhuang at EuroSys 2014. Like the C5 paper I just reviewed, Rex is about improving asynchronous replication performance on multi-core, but I thought the C5 paper was humdrum whereas Rex is thought-provoking. Warm up your neurons because they're going to get a workout. Background Usually in asynchronous replication, one server is the leader for a while and makes modifications to its...
