Vector clocks give a partial ordering. FDB version stamps give a total ordering by having a single process issue them for the entire cluster. There's a good bre

Vector clocks give a partial ordering. FDB version stamps give a total ordering by having a single process issue them for the entire cluster. There's a good breakdown here: https://blog.the-pans.com/notes-on-the-foundationdb-paper/ https://blog.the-pans.com/notes-on-the-foundationdb-paper/