# Distributed Coordination

> The degree of coordination overhead required to keep distributed instances consistent.

Record: `lexicon:distributed-coordination`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-distributed-coordination

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Distributed Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/distributed-complexity.md) and before [Environment Drift](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/environment-drift.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## In tension with

- [Horizontal Scaling](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/horizontal-scaling.md)
- [Horizontal Scaling / Distributed Coordination](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/distributed-coordination-horizontal-scaling.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)