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7. Design a File Storage Service
Upload and share large files with resumable transfer, versions and safe metadata changes.
ClassicMedium
Databases Object storage Security
+9
AWS Deduplication DynamoDB File sync Large files Multipart upload Permissions Versioning WebSockets
Worked design
Practice
8. Design a Video Streaming Platform
Turn uploads into playable renditions and serve viewers through unreliable networks.
ClassicHard
Queues Object storage Adaptive bitrate
+6
AWS Capacity planning CDNs Multipart upload Transcoding Video streaming
Worked design
Practice
38. Pre-Signed Direct Upload
Streaming multi-gigabyte uploads through application servers wastes the most expensive capacity in the system on copying bytes, and ties up a request for minutes on a connection that may drop.
Product & backendMedium
Object storage CDNs Amazon S3
+1
Uploads
Worked design
Practice
54. Design a Photo Sharing App like Instagram
Photos and videos for 500 million daily users: presigned multipart uploads, a processing pipeline, CloudFront and a hybrid fan-out feed.
ClassicMedium
Caching Databases Object storage
+7
AWS CDNs Fan out Instagram Media upload Redis Amazon S3
Worked design
Practice
148. Design a Text Sharing Service like Pastebin
The URL shortener with a payload: the same id generation and cache-first read path, but the value is kilobytes of text, so it moves out of the database and into object storage.
Product & backendEasy
Caching Object storage Expiry
+1
Pastebin
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