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Daniel Lee
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Foundations of data systems (from designing data-intensive applications)

The following content is my own note from the book, "Designing Data-Intensive Applications". The writing is intended for people who want to dash through the book quickly.

Generally, data-intensive app require the following:

  • database
  • cache
  • search index (search by keyword or filter)
  • batch processing
  • stream processing

To identify load parameters for scalability and performance, ask the following:

  • request per second to a web server
  • ratio of reads to writes in a database
  • number of simultaneously active users (aka. peak time traffic)
  • hit rate on a cache
  • bottleneck dominated by a small number of extreme cases

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