Introduction Linearizability is a lesser-known, yet omnipresent property of a data registry in the context of read and write operations that might happen concurrently. This article aims to explain what linearizability consists of, and why it’s more prevalent that you might have previously thought. Instantaneous reads and writes Now, assuming you have a database system with a single node like in the following diagram: The first SELECT statement reads the value of 50, while the second SELECT reads the value of 10 since in between the two read operations a write operation... Read More
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