Cache Stampede Prevention: Protecting Your Cache
Learn how single-flight, request coalescing, and probabilistic early expiration prevent cache stampedes that can overwhelm your database.
Posts tagged with #distributed-systems
Column-Family Databases: Cassandra and HBase Architecture
Cassandra and HBase data storage explained. Learn partition key design, column families, time-series modeling, and consistency tradeoffs.
CQRS Pattern
Separate read and write models. Command vs query models, eventual consistency implications, event sourcing integration, and when CQRS makes sense.
Event Sourcing
Storing state changes as immutable events. Event store implementation, event replay, schema evolution, and comparison with traditional CRUD approaches.
Amazon Architecture: Lessons from the Pioneer of Microservices
Learn how Amazon pioneered service-oriented architecture, the famous 'two-pizza team' rule, and how they built the foundation for AWS.
Amazon DynamoDB: Scalable NoSQL with Predictable Performance
Deep dive into Amazon DynamoDB architecture, partitioned tables, eventual consistency, on-demand capacity, and the single-digit millisecond SLA.
Apache Cassandra: Distributed Column Store Built for Scale
Explore Apache Cassandra's peer-to-peer architecture, CQL query language, tunable consistency, compaction strategies, and use cases at scale.
Apache ZooKeeper: Consensus and Coordination
Explore ZooKeeper's Zab consensus protocol, hierarchical znodes, watches, leader election, and practical use cases for distributed coordination.
Asynchronous Replication: Speed and Availability at Scale
Learn how asynchronous replication works in distributed databases, including eventual consistency implications, lag monitoring, and practical use cases where speed outweighs strict consistency.
Bloom Filters: Space-Efficient Probabilistic Data Structure
How Bloom filters provide memory-efficient membership testing with configurable false positive rates for caches, databases, and distributed systems.