CAP Theorem

Description

Explains the CAP theorem through an animated distributed system with 3 nodes. A network partition is triggered, and the animation shows the trade-off: choosing CP sacrifices availability while choosing AP allows divergence. Real-world systems are labeled with their CAP classification.

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Phases

#	Phase Name	Duration	Description
1	Intro	3s	Title displayed
2	CAP Triangle	6s	Animated triangle showing Consistency, Availability, Partition Tolerance
3	System Setup	4s	3-node distributed system shown with links
4	Network Partition	5s	Link between nodes breaks (shown as red X)
5	CP Choice	8s	System rejects writes; nodes show same value; "consistent"
6	AP Choice	8s	Writes accepted; nodes diverge (different values); "available"
7	Real Systems	8s	Label HBase=CP, Cassandra=AP, Zookeeper=CP, DynamoDB=AP
8	Outro	4s	CAP theorem statement displayed

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Layout

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|  Title: CAP Theorem                              |
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|                                                  |
|  CAP Triangle:                                   |
|        Consistency                               |
|           /\                                     |
|          /  \                                    |
|         /    \                                   |
|  Partition----Availability                       |
|  Tolerance                                       |
|                                                  |
|  3-node system:   N1 ---- N2                     |
|                    \     /                       |
|                     \   /                        |
|                      N3                          |
|                                                  |
|  Right panel: CP vs AP comparison                |
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Area Descriptions

• Left: CAP Venn triangle
• Center: Distributed node diagram
• Right: CP vs AP comparison panel with real systems

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Assets & Dependencies

• Fonts: LaTeX / sans-serif
• Manim version: ManimCE 0.19.1

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Notes

• Network partition shown as a jagged break in the connecting line
• CP choice: nodes go gray/locked, error message shown for writes
• AP choice: nodes show divergent values (v=1 vs v=2) with different colors
• Real system labels styled as code-like tags