[USERGRID-1268] Proof of Concept: use Akka for Unique Value enforcement

• Type: Story
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Done
• Component/s: Stack
• Sprint: Usergrid 35, Usergrid 36
• Story Points: 8
• Assignee: David Johnson
• Reporter: David Johnson
• Created: 22/Feb/16 15:48
• Updated: 11/Apr/16 12:53
• Resolved: 11/Apr/16 12:49

Description

By using an distributed Actor System, we can ensure that only one thread accesses any one unique value at a time. I have a working proof of concept of this that writes to Cassandra (via Java Native Driver).

Initial design is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o9okFgNb_c1RY0eIcZMhijhxE9v7BxHYDiuI8BqkLgU/edit#

Proof of Concept (POC) code is here:
https://github.com/snoopdave/akka_poc1

Presentation that explains the POC is here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11ARSPZ6IAxOYSTo4jcmEdnzXvOgVGNGslznmVtLOZjY/edit?usp=sharing