Distributed sequence number generation?

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Published on 2010-04-20T00:52:50Z Indexed on 2010/04/20 1:03 UTC
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I've generally implemented sequence number generation using database sequences in the past.

e.g. Using Postgres SERIAL type http://neilconway.org/docs/sequences/

I'm curious though as how to generate sequence numbers for large distributed systems where there is no database. Does anybody have any experience or suggestions of a best practice for achieving sequence number generation in a thread safe manner for multiple clients?

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