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72. Design a Distributed Log like Kafka
A partitioned, replicated append-only log: a million messages a second, order per key, nothing acknowledged ever lost, a week of replayable history.
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Streaming Distributed systems AWS
+4
Distributed log Kafka Amazon MSK Replication
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75. Design a Key-Value Store like DynamoDB
A key-value store like DynamoDB, from one durable node to Paxos-replicated partitions to global tables run for thousands of tenants.
ClassicMedium
Sharding Databases Distributed systems
+5
AWS DynamoDB Key value store NoSQL Replication
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76. Design a Relational Database like PostgreSQL
A relational database like PostgreSQL: WAL and MVCC on one server, quorum replication and failover, then a sharded fleet.
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Databases Distributed systems Aurora
+5
AWS MVCC PostgreSQL Relational Replication
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