Mastering Distributed Transactions: From 2PC to Seata AT Mode
This article explains the fundamentals of ACID transactions, the challenges of multi‑data‑source operations, surveys common distributed‑transaction solutions such as 2PC, 3PC, TCC, transaction‑status tables and message‑queue based eventual consistency, and then details the implementation of Seata’s AT mode in a micro‑service e‑commerce scenario.