When Every Microsecond Counts: YugabyteDB Meets Amazon Time Sync Service | DSS 2024

A fundamental challenge in distributed systems is clock skew—the time discrepancies between system clocks on different nodes, since each maintains its own clock. This session will delve into how YugabyteDB optimizes its Hybrid Logical Clock (HLC) mechanism by integrating with the enhanced Amazon Time Sync Service on Amazon EC2 instances, which provides microsecond-accurate reference clocks. You will learn how this integration minimizes clock skew, improving the performance of YugabyteDB.