Read Aphyr 's review of CockroachDB with the https://jepsen.io/analyses/cockroachdb-beta XXXXXXXXXX This article is chocked full of links to supporting resources. Please do check them out. What is...

Read Aphyr 's review of CockroachDB with the https://jepsen.io/analyses/cockroachdb-beta-20160829

This article is chocked full of links to supporting resources.  Please do check them out.

What is CockroachDB?  Why is it interesting?

What is Raft?

What is the Jepsen Test?  Why is it important?

Why is the correctness of the database depending upon the strength of clocks?  What is a clock in this case and what do clocks have to do with the Global Positioning System?