CAP Theorem — Roadmap Step & Resources
Consistency, Availability and Partition tolerance — why you can't have all three
- Level: advanced
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Design
Interview questions
- Explain the CAP theorem and give a real system that chooses AP over CP
Study resources
- CAP Theorem (Article) — The System Design Primer's canonical explanation of the CAP theorem and its trade-offs.
- CAP Theorem Simplified (Video) — A clear, example-driven explanation of the CAP theorem for distributed systems.
Part of
- Consistency & Consensus — section
- System Design roadmap — the full learning path