Consistency in Distributed Systems: RAFT and CRDTs

This project aims to compare RAFT and CRDTs in the context of a distributed message queue. This is an exploratory project.

Tools

1. Java
2. Zeromq
3. Possibly python for prototyping/initialization in the early phases

Disclaimer: Use at your own risk

** This timeline is tentative**

Timeline

• Implementing a homegrown cluster
• Testing the homegrown cluster
• Implementing the Raft process
• Testing the RAFT process
• Adding the database
• Adding the electronJS frontend
• Adding the monitoring service
• Implementing the CRDT process
• Testing the CRDT process
• Integration testing
• Split monolith into Docker microservices
• Docker swarm / Kubernetes integration
• Testing
• Adding AWS integration
• Testing
• Defend paper