Logical Physical Clocks and Consistent Snapshots in Globally Distributed DB [pdf]

This research addresses a critical challenge in globally distributed databases: maintaining consistent snapshots and ordering of events across geographically dispersed systems using logical physical clocks. For CIOs managing multi-region infrastructure, this work provides foundational techniques to ensure data consistency and causality without relying on synchronized physical clocks, reducing operational complexity and improving reliability of distributed database systems. The implications are significant for organizations running mission-critical applications across multiple cloud regions or data centers, as it enables stronger consistency guarantees with lower latency and infrastructure overhead.