Concepts

Riak KV has many great features, functions, and guiding principles that inform how the product works. This section provides definitions for, insight into, and high level information about the various parts of Riak KV you will encounter as you plan, configure, and use Riak.

Learn more about:

• Active Anti-Entropy (AAE)
• Buckets
• Capability Negotiation
• Causal Context
• Clusters
• Convergent Replicated Data Types (CRDTs)
• Eventual Consistency
• Keys and Objects
• Replication
• Virtual Nodes (vnodes)