Keeping distributed databases synchronized in a unstable network

Question

I\'m facing the following challenge:

I have a bunch of databases in different geographical locations where the network may fail a lot (I\'m using cellular network). I ne

Answer 1

It's a problem with a quite established corpus of research (of which people is apparently unaware). I suggest to not reinvent a poor, defective wheel if not absolutely necessary (such as, for example, so unusual requirements to allow a trivial solution).

Some keywords: replication, mobile DBMSs, distributed disconnected DBMSs.

Also these research papers are relevant (as an example of this research field):

1. Distributed disconnected databases,
   • The dangers of replication and a solution,
   • Improving Data Consistency in Mobile Computing Using Isolation-Only Transactions,
   • Dealing with Server Corruption in Weakly Consistent, Replicated Data Systems,
   • Rumor: Mobile Data Access Through Optimistic Peer-to-Peer Replication,
   • The Case for Non-transparent Replication: Examples from Bayou,
   • Bayou: replicated database services for world-wide applications,
   • Managing update conflicts in Bayou, a weakly connected replicated storage system,
   • Two-level client caching and disconnected operation of notebook computers in distributed systems,
   • Replicated document management in a group communication system,

... and so on.