Sharding

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Databases for System Design Interviews

How to choose, model and scale the database in a high-level design interview: database families, storage engines, indexes, ACID, isolation levels, consistency, replication, sharding, caching, sagas and outbox, CDC, OLAP, disaster recovery and a decision framework, with diagrams for every core idea.

~85 min read · Beginner → Senior · 23 diagrams