Two-Phase Commit
What is two-phase commit, and what is its main weakness?
Answer out loud in under a minute: a definition, one concrete example, and one pitfall or trade-off.
Hints
Hint 1
Walk through a coordinator crash at each step and ask what the participants can safely do.
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