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		IgorPartola on Aug 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Practical Guide to SQL Transaction Isolation Just so you know, this isn't the only way to do this. You can use external systems for locks as well. Redis is a good candidate: http://loose-bits.com/2010/10/distributed-task-locking-in-ce...

skyde on Aug 2, 2017 [–]

I woulds strongly advise against using Redis for lock. Maybe something with a real consensus algorithm like ETCD or Zookeeper but otherwise it's better to keep the lock inside the RDBMS.

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