Backoff

Retries with backoff in distributed systems

2023-05-11

In a distributed system, where multiple processes communicate with each other over a network, failures are inevitable. Network partitions, hardware failures, and software bugs can all cause a request to fail. Retries with backoff are a critical technique to help mitigate these failures. Retries refer to the act of retrying a failed request. When a request fails, the client can retry the request, hoping that it will succeed the next time around.

Backoff · Distributed-Systems · Retries · Retry · Tech

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