[BOOKKEEPER-874] Explict LAC from Writer to Bookies

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 4.5.0
• Component/s: bookkeeper-client, bookkeeper-server
• Assignee: JV Jujjuri
• Reporter: JV Jujjuri
• Created: 22/Sep/15 18:12
• Updated: 28/Mar/17 14:22
• Resolved: 31/Jan/17 03:02

Description

Current client API piggy-backs LAC with a write. This is keeps reader one behind the writer. In order to keep reader up to date with writer even when there is a pause in write, proposing the following:

Writer sends explicit LAC on a configured timeout if there is no write within that period.

Issue Links

• is related to: BOOKKEEPER-1019 Support for reading entries after LAC (causal consistency driven by out-of-band communications)
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #89