[erlang-questions] auto-syncing mnesia after a network split

[mats cronqvist]

"Felix Hamilton" <fhamilton@REDACTED> writes:

> I have used NTP (the Network Time Protocol) quite effectively to sync
> timestamps in widely distributed systems with a fairly high degree of
> accuracy.

  i personally would not bet a dirty sock on ordering events by time
  stamps (in a distributed system). and for once Leslie Lamport seems
  to agreewith me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamport_timestamps