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\begin{frame}
\frametitle{K2V Design}
\begin{itemize}
- \item A new, custom, minimal API
+ \item A new, custom, minimal API\\
+ \vspace{.5em}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Single-item operations
+ \item Operations on ranges and batches of items
+ \item Polling operations to help implement a PubSub pattern
+ \end{itemize}
\vspace{1em}
\item<2-> Exposes the partitoning mechanism of Garage\\
K2V = partition key / sort key / value (like Dynamo)
\vspace{1em}
- \item<3-> Coordination-free, CRDT-friendly (inspired by Riak)\\
+ \item<3-> Weakly consistent, CRDT-friendly\\
+ $\to$ no support for transactions (not ACID)
\vspace{1em}
\item<4-> Cryptography-friendly: values are binary blobs
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
+ \frametitle{Handling concurrent values}
+ \textbf{How to handle concurrency?} Example:
+ \vspace{1em}
+ \begin{enumerate}
+ \item Client $A$ reads the initial value of a key, $x_0$
+ \vspace{1em}
+ \item<2-> Client $B$ also reads the initial value $x_0$ of that key
+ \vspace{1em}
+ \item<3-> Client $A$ modifies $x_0$, and writes a new value $x_1$
+ \vspace{1em}
+ \item<4-> Client $B$ also modifies $x_0$, and writes a new value $x'_1$,\\
+ without having a chance to first read $x_1$\\
+ \vspace{1em}
+ $\to$ what should the final state be?
+ \end{enumerate}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+ \frametitle{Handling concurrent values}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item If we keep only $x_1$ or $x'_1$, we risk \textbf{loosing application data}
+ \vspace{1.5em}
+ \item Values are opaque binary blobs, \textbf{K2V cannot resolve conflicts} by itself\\
+ (e.g. by implementing a CRDT)
+ \vspace{1.5em}
+ \item Solution: \textbf{we keep both!}\\
+ $\to$ the value of the key is now $\{x_1, x'_1\}$\\
+ $\to$ the client application can decide how to resolve conflicts on the next read
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
+ \frametitle{Keeping track of causality}
+ How does K2V know that $x_1$ and $x'_1$ are concurrent?
+ \vspace{1em}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item $read()$ returns \textbf{a set of values} and an associated \textbf{causality token}\\
+ \vspace{1.5em}
+ \item When calling $write()$, the client sends \textbf{the causality token from its last read}
+ \vspace{1.5em}
+ \item The causality token represents the set of values \textbf{already seen by the client}\\
+ $\to$ those values are the \textbf{causal past} of the write operation\\
+ $\to$ K2V can keep concurrent values and overwrite all ones in the causal past
+ \vspace{1.5em}
+ \item Internally, the causality token is \textbf{a vector clock}
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Application: an e-mail storage server}
\begin{center}
\only<1>{\includegraphics[width=.9\linewidth]{assets/aerogramme.png}}%
@@ -800,7 +856,7 @@
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{A new model for building resilient software}
- \begin{itemize}
+ \begin{enumerate}
\item Design a data model suited to K2V\\
{\footnotesize (see Cassandra docs on porting SQL data models to Cassandra)}
\vspace{1em}
@@ -810,22 +866,16 @@
\item Store opaque binary blobs to provide End-to-End Encryption\\
\end{itemize}
\vspace{1em}
- \item Store big blobs (files) in S3
+ \item Store big blobs (files) using the S3 API
\vspace{1em}
\item Let Garage manage sharding, replication, failover, etc.
- \end{itemize}
+ \end{enumerate}
\end{frame}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Research perspectives}
\begin{itemize}
- \item Write about Garage's global architecture \emph{(paper in progress)}
- \vspace{1em}
- \item Measure and improve Garage's performances
- \vspace{1em}
- \item Discuss the optimal layout algorithm, provide proofs
- \vspace{1em}
- \item Write about our proposed architecture for (E2EE) apps over K2V+S3
+ \item TODO
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}