Hello, Anton.

> Customer should be able to change strategy on the fly according to time> 
> periods or load.

I think we should allow to administrator to enable/disable Consistency check.
This option shouldn't be related to application code because "Consistency 
check" is some kind of maintance procedure.

What do you think?

В Вт, 16/04/2019 в 12:47 +0300, Anton Vinogradov пишет:
> Andrey, thanks for tips
> 
> > > You can perform consistency check using idle verify utility.
> 
> Could you please point to utility's page?
> According to its name, it requires to stop the cluster to perform the check?
> That's impossible at real production when you should have downtime less
> that some minutes per year.
> So, the only case I see is to use online check during periods of moderate
> activity.
> 
> > > Recovery tool is good idea
> 
> This tool is a part of my IEP.
> But recovery tool (process)
> - will allow you to check entries in memory only (otherwise, you will warm
> up the cluster incorrectly), and that's a problem when you have
> persisted/in_memory rate > 10:1
> - will cause latency drop for some (eg. 90+ percentile) requests, which is
> not acceptable for real production, when we have strict SLA.
> - will not guarantee that each operation will use consistent data,
> sometimes it's extremely essential
> so, the process is a cool idea, but, sometime you may need more.
> 
> Ivan, thanks for analysis
> 
> > > why it comes as an on-demand enabled proxy but not as a mode enabled by
> 
> some configuration property
> It's a bad idea to have this feature permanently enabled, it slows down the
> system by design.
> Customer should be able to change strategy on the fly according to time
> periods or load.
> Also, we're going to use this proxy for odd requests or for every 5-th,
> 10-th, 100-th request depends on the load/time/SLA/etc.
> The goal is to perform as much as possible gets-with-consistency operations
> without stopping the cluster and never find a problem :)
> 
> > > As for me it will be great if we can improve consistency guarantees
> 
> provided by default.
> Once you checked backups you decreased throughput and increased latency.
> This feature requred only for some financial, nuclear, health systems when
> you should be additionally sure about consistency.
> It's like a
> - read from backups
> - data modification outside the transaction
> - using FULL_ASYNC instead of FULL_SYNC,
> sometimes it's possible, sometimes not.
> 
> > > 1. It sounds suspicious that reads can cause writes (unexpected
> 
> deadlocks might be possible).
> Code performs writes
> - key per additional transaction in case original tx was OPTIMISTIC ||
> READ_COMMITTED,
> - all keys per same tx in case original tx was PESSIMISTIC &&
> !READ_COMMITTED, since you already obtain the locks,
> so, deadlock should be impossible.
> 
> > > 2. I do not believe that it is possible to implement a (bugless?)
> 
> feature which will fix other bugs.
> It does not fix the bugs, it looks for inconsistency (no matter how it
> happened) and reports using events (previous state and how it was fixed).
> This allows continuing processing for all the entries, even inconsistent.
> But, each such fix should be rechecked manually, for sure.
> 
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 11:39 AM Павлухин Иван <vololo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Anton,
> > 
> > Thank you for your effort for improving consistency guarantees
> > provided by Ignite.
> > 
> > The subject sounds really vital. Could you please elaborate why it
> > comes as an on-demand enabled proxy but not as a mode enabled by some
> > configuration property (or even as a default behavior)? How do you see
> > the future development of such consistency checks? As for me it will
> > be great if we can improve consistency guarantees provided by default.
> > 
> > Also thinking loud a bit:
> > 1. It sounds suspicious that reads can cause writes (unexpected
> > deadlocks might be possible).
> > 2. I do not believe that it is possible to implement a (bugless?)
> > feature which will fix other bugs.
> > 3. A storage (or database) product (Ignite in our case) consistency is
> > not equal to a user application consistency. So, it might be that
> > introduced checks are insufficient to make business applications
> > happy.
> > 
> > пн, 15 апр. 2019 г. в 19:27, Andrey Gura <ag...@apache.org>:
> > > 
> > > Anton,
> > > 
> > > I'm trying tell you that this proxy can produce false positive result,
> > > incorrect result and just hide bugs. What will the next solution?
> > > withNoBugs proxy?
> > > 
> > > You can perform consistency check using idle verify utility. Recovery
> > > tool is good idea but user should trigger this process, not some cache
> > > proxy implementation.
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 5:34 PM Anton Vinogradov <a...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Seems, we already fixed all bugs caused this feature, but there is no
> > > > warranty we will not create new :)
> > > > This proxy is just checker that consistency is ok.
> > > > 
> > > > > > reaching bugless implementation
> > > > 
> > > > Not sure it's possible. Once you have software it contains bugs.
> > > > This proxy will tell you whether these bugs lead to inconsistency.
> > > > 
> > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 5:19 PM Andrey Gura <ag...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Method name is minor problem. I still believe that there is no need
> > > > > for this proxy because there are no any guarantees about bugless
> > > > > implementation this functionality. Better way is reaching bugless
> > > > > implementation of current functionality.
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 4:51 PM Anton Vinogradov <a...@apache.org>
> > 
> > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Andrey,
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > It means also that at least method name is bad.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Agreed, already discussed with Aleksey Plekhanov.
> > > > > > Decided that ".withConsistencyCheck()" is a proper name.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > What is the profit?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This proxy allows to check (and fix) is there any consistency
> > 
> > violation
> > > > > > across the topology.
> > > > > > The proxy will check all backups contain the same values as
> > 
> > primary.
> > > > > > So, when it's possible (you're ready to spend resources for this
> > 
> > check)
> > > > > you
> > > > > > will be able to read-with-consistency-check.
> > > > > > This will decrease the amount of "inconsistency caused
> > > > > > war/strikes/devastation" situations, which is important for
> > 
> > financial
> > > > > > systems.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 3:58 PM Andrey Gura <ag...@apache.org>
> > 
> > wrote:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Anton,
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > what does expression "withConsistency" mean? From user's
> > 
> > standpoint it
> > > > > > > means that all operations performed without this proxy are not
> > > > > > > consistent. It means also that at least method name is bad.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Are there any guarantees that withConsistency proxy will not
> > 
> > contain
> > > > > > > bugs that will lead to inconsistent write after inconsistency was
> > > > > > > found? I think there are no such guarantees. Bugs still are
> > 
> > possible.
> > > > > > > So I always must use withConsistency proxy because I doesn't have
> > > > > > > other choice - all ways are unreliable and withConsistency just
> > 
> > sounds
> > > > > > > better.
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > Eventually we will have two different ways for working with cache
> > > > > > > values with different bugs set. What is the profit?
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 2:49 PM Anton Vinogradov <a...@apache.org>
> > > > > 
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Folks,
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > I've checked the tx benchmarks and found no performance drop.
> > > > > > > > Also, see no issues at TC results.
> > > > > > > > So, seems, code ready to be merged.
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > Everyone interested, please share any objections about
> > > > > > > > - public API
> > > > > > > > - test coverage
> > > > > > > > - implementation approach
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 5:46 PM Anton Vinogradov <a...@apache.org
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > Nikolay,
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > This is not a PoC, but the final solution (I hope so:) )
> > 
> > required
> > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > review.
> > > > > > > > > LWW means Last Write Wins, detailed explanation can be found
> > 
> > at
> > > > > IEP-31.
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 5:24 PM Nikolay Izhikov <
> > > > > 
> > > > > nizhi...@apache.org>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Hello, Anton.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Thanks for the PoC.
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > finds correct values according to LWW strategy
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > Can you, please, clarify what is LWW strategy?
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > В Ср, 03/04/2019 в 17:19 +0300, Anton Vinogradov пишет:
> > > > > > > > > > > Ilya,
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > This is impossible due to a conflict between some
> > 
> > isolation
> > > > > levels
> > > > > > > and
> > > > > > > > > > > get-with-consistency expectations.
> > > > > > > > > > > Basically, it's impossible to perform get-with-consistency
> > > > > 
> > > > > after the
> > > > > > > > > > other
> > > > > > > > > > > get at !READ_COMMITTED transaction.
> > > > > > > > > > > The problem here is that value should be cached according
> > 
> > to the
> > > > > > > > > > isolation
> > > > > > > > > > > level, so get-with-consistency is restricted in this case.
> > > > > > > > > > > Same problem we have at case get-with-consistency after
> > 
> > put, so
> > > > > we
> > > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > > > restriction here too.
> > > > > > > > > > > So, the order matter. :)
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > See OperationRestrictionsCacheConsistencyTest [1] for
> > 
> > details.
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > [1]
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > 
> > https://github.com/apache/ignite/blob/8b0b0c3e1bde93ff9c4eb5667d794dd64a8b06f0/modules/core/src/test/java/org/apache/ignite/internal/processors/cache/consistency/OperationRestrictionsCacheConsistencyTest.java
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 4:54 PM Ilya Kasnacheev <
> > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > ilya.kasnach...@gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > Hello!
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds useful especially for new feature development.
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > Can you do a run of all tests with
> > 
> > cache.forConsistency(),
> > > > > see if
> > > > > > > > > > there are
> > > > > > > > > > > > cases that fail?
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > > Ilya Kasnacheev
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > ср, 3 апр. 2019 г. в 16:17, Anton Vinogradov <
> > 
> > a...@apache.org>:
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Igniters,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Sometimes, at real deployment, we're faced with
> > 
> > inconsistent
> > > > > > > state
> > > > > > > > > > across
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the topology.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > This means that somehow we have different values for
> > 
> > the
> > > > > same
> > > > > > > key at
> > > > > > > > > > > > > different nodes.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > This is an extremely rare situation, but, when you
> > 
> > have
> > > > > > > thousands of
> > > > > > > > > > > > > terabytes of data, this can be a real problem.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Apache Ignite provides a consistency guarantee, each
> > > > > 
> > > > > affinity
> > > > > > > node
> > > > > > > > > > should
> > > > > > > > > > > > > contain the same value for the same key, at least
> > > > > 
> > > > > eventually.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > But this guarantee can be violated because of bugs,
> > 
> > see
> > > > > IEP-31
> > > > > > > [1]
> > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > details.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > So, I created the issue [2] to handle such situations.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > The main idea is to have a special
> > 
> > cache.withConsistency()
> > > > > proxy
> > > > > > > > > > allows
> > > > > > > > > > > > > checking a fix inconsistency on get operation.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > I've created PR [3] with following improvements (when
> > > > > > > > > > > > > cache.withConsistency() proxy used):
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - PESSIMISTIC && !READ_COMMITTED transaction
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- checks values across the topology (under locks),
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- finds correct values according to LWW strategy,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- records special event in case consistency
> > 
> > violation found
> > > > > > > > > > (contains
> > > > > > > > > > > > > inconsistent map <Node, <K,V>> and last values <K,V>),
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- enlists writes with latest value for each
> > 
> > inconsistent
> > > > > key,
> > > > > > > so
> > > > > > > > > > it will
> > > > > > > > > > > > > be written on tx.commit().
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - OPTIMISTIC || READ_COMMITTED transactions
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- checks values across the topology (not under
> > 
> > locks, so
> > > > > > > > > > false-positive
> > > > > > > > > > > > > case is possible),
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- starts PESSIMISTIC && SERIALIZABLE (at separate
> > 
> > thread)
> > > > > > > > > > transaction
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > > > > > > > each possibly broken key and fixes it on a commit if
> > > > > 
> > > > > necessary.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- original transaction performs get-after-fix and
> > 
> > can be
> > > > > > > continued
> > > > > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > > > > fix does not conflict with isolation level.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Future plans
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Consistency guard (special process periodically
> > 
> > checks we
> > > > > > > have no
> > > > > > > > > > > > > inconsistency).
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - MVCC support.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Atomic caches support.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Thin client support.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - SQL support.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Read-with-consistency before the write operation.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Single key read-with-consistency optimization, now
> > 
> > the
> > > > > > > collection
> > > > > > > > > > > > > approach used each time.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > - Do not perform read-with-consistency for the key in
> > 
> > case
> > > > > it
> > > > > > > was
> > > > > > > > > > > > > consistently read some time ago.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > [1]
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > 
> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/IGNITE/IEP-31+Consistency+check+and+fix
> > > > > > > > > > > > > [2]
> > 
> > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IGNITE-10663
> > > > > > > > > > > > > [3] https://github.com/apache/ignite/pull/5656
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > Ivan Pavlukhin
> > 

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