Active-active replication - the hidden costs and complexities (opens in new tab)

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed what active-active databases are and identified some “good” reasons for considering them, primarily centered around extreme high availability and critical write availability during regional outages. Now, let’s turn our attention to the less compelling justifications and the substantial challenges that come with implementing such a setup. What are “bad” reasons? 1. Scaling write throughput Trying to scale your write capacity by deploying active-active acr...