How do you design a multi-region active-active system in Java microservices?
Updated May 6, 2026
Short answer
Active-active systems serve traffic from multiple regions simultaneously with replication and conflict handling.
Deep explanation
Traffic is routed via geo-DNS or global load balancers. Each region runs full-stack microservices. Data is replicated asynchronously or via quorum-based systems. Conflict resolution is critical for writes. Stateless services scale easily, but stateful components require careful partitioning or CRDT-based models.
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