Features Configuration

 Antidote can be configured to use different transaction protocols and recovery strategies.
Options for environmental variables
Parameter
Value
Description
txn_cert
true
Write operations are certified during commit. The transaction is aborted if a write conflict is detected (i.e. snapshot isolation is ensured for the updates within a single DC, updates across DCs are not checked) (default).
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false
Transactions perform no certification check and always commit (if they do not crash).
txn_prot  
clocksi
Uses the Cure protocol to define snapshots and causal dependencies (default).
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gr
Uses the Gentle-rain protocol to define snapshots and causal dependencies.
recover_from_log
true
When starting a node, it loads any operations stored on the disk log to the in memory cache of the key-value store (default).
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false
When starting a node, the key-value store is empty.
recover_meta_data_on_start
true
Meta-data state is loaded from disk on restart including connection state between other DCs and node names and configurations. Nodes automatically reconnect to other DCs on restart (default).
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false
meta-data concerning node names and connections to other DCs is not loaded on restart.
 sync_log
true
Local transactions are stored in the log synchronously, i.e., when the reply is sent, the updates are guaranteed to have been stored to disk (this is very slow in the current logging setup).
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false
 All updates are sent to the operating system to be stored on disk (eventually), but are not guaranteed to be stored durably on disk when the reply is sent (default)
      
 
 
 

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Parameter	Value	Description
txn_cert	true	Write operations are certified during commit. The transaction is aborted if a write conflict is detected (i.e. snapshot isolation is ensured for the updates within a single DC, updates across DCs are not checked) (default).
	false	Transactions perform no certification check and always commit (if they do not crash).
txn_prot	clocksi	Uses the Cure protocol to define snapshots and causal dependencies (default).
	gr	Uses the Gentle-rain protocol to define snapshots and causal dependencies.
recover_from_log	true	When starting a node, it loads any operations stored on the disk log to the in memory cache of the key-value store (default).
	false	When starting a node, the key-value store is empty.
recover_meta_data_on_start	true	Meta-data state is loaded from disk on restart including connection state between other DCs and node names and configurations. Nodes automatically reconnect to other DCs on restart (default).
	false	meta-data concerning node names and connections to other DCs is not loaded on restart.
sync_log	true	Local transactions are stored in the log synchronously, i.e., when the reply is sent, the updates are guaranteed to have been stored to disk (this is very slow in the current logging setup).
	false	All updates are sent to the operating system to be stored on disk (eventually), but are not guaranteed to be stored durably on disk when the reply is sent (default)