If you're not constrained by CAP, I'd hardly expect you to be constrained by Two Generals either.
> And another, where I show loose coupling, ie: that the system continues even when an instance goes down and that it catches up once restarted
I've built one of those, it's fun! But I digress. Back to CAP.
1) How many instances do you have?
2) What is your quorum (simple majority?)
3) How many instances can go down before the system stops serving consumers?
If you're not constrained by CAP, I'd hardly expect you to be constrained by Two Generals either.
> And another, where I show loose coupling, ie: that the system continues even when an instance goes down and that it catches up once restarted
I've built one of those, it's fun! But I digress. Back to CAP.
1) How many instances do you have?
2) What is your quorum (simple majority?)
3) How many instances can go down before the system stops serving consumers?