How frequent are network partitions on cloud services?

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Published on 2012-04-03T16:54:02Z Indexed on 2012/04/03 17:32 UTC
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Much is made of the CAP trade-off for data storage where conflicts can be introduced if there is a network partition.

My question is there any evidence that this is a problem that arises with any significant frequency in modern cloud IAAS services e.g.; EC2, Azure, Rackspace.

Is it a problem which, despite being a theoretical roadblock in constructing idealised distributed systems is, in fact, a non-issue for all practical concerns?

Has anyone experienced a network partition within one of these systems (within a single data-centre?) If so would you be willing to share any details?

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