CAP Theorem / Latency

Kind: tension

Record: tension:cap-theorem-latency

Canonical: Schema

"cap-theorem" (causality-core layer) is traded against "Latency" (performance-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Latency" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Listed in Tensions, after Total-Order Broadcast / Latency and before PACELC Theorem / Throughput.

In tension with

• CAP Theorem
• Latency

Mechanism

• irreducible-tradeoff

Linked from

• Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time
• Resolution mechanisms