PACELC Theorem / Throughput

Kind: tension

Record: tension:pacelc-theorem-throughput

Canonical: Schema

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

Listed in Tensions, after CAP Theorem / Latency and before Design by Contract / Development Speed.

In tension with

• PACELC Theorem
• Throughput

Mechanism

• irreducible-tradeoff

Linked from

• Causality / Ordering / Distributed Time
• Resolution mechanisms