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Grokking the Principles and Practices of Advanced System Design

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Prologue

Case Studies: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

File Systems

Introduction to Distributed File Systems

Google File System (GFS)

Introduction to GFS GFS File Operations Detailed Design of GFS Workflow of Create and Read File Operations in GFS Workflow of Write Operations in GFS Workflow of Delete and Snapshot Operations in GFS Relaxed Data Consistency Model Dealing with Data Inconsistencies in GFS Metadata Consistency Model of GFS Evaluation of GFS Quiz on GFS

Google Colossus File System

Introduction to Colossus Design and Evaluation of Colossus Quiz on Colossus

Facebook's Tectonic File System

Introduction to Tectonic ZippyDB Design Detailed Design of Tectonic Multitenancy in Tectonic Tenant-specific Optimization in Tectonic Empirical Evaluation of Tectonic's Functional Requirements Evaluation of Tectonic Quiz on Tectonic

Databases

Introduction to Distributed Databases

Google Bigtable

Introduction to Bigtable Data Model of Bigtable Detailed Design of Bigtable: Part I Detailed Design of Bigtable: Part II Design Refinements in Bigtable Evaluation of Bigtable Quiz on Bigtable

Google Megastore

Introduction to Megastore High-level Design for Better Availability and Scalability Data Model of Megastore Replication in Megastore Evaluation of Megastore Quiz on Megastore

Google Spanner

Introduction to Spanner Detailed Design of Spanner Database Buckets and Data Model of Spanner TrueTime API in Spanner Spanner, TrueTime, and the CAP Theorem Concurrency Control in Spanner Database Operations in Spanner Evaluation of Spanner Quiz on Spanner

Key-value Stores

Introduction to Key-value Stores

Many-core Key-value Store

Motivation and Requirements for a Many-core Approach Estimations and Limitations of a Many-core System Detailed Design of a Many-core System Evaluation of the Many-core System Quiz on Many-core Systems

Scaling Memcache

Introduction to Scaling Memcache

Single-server Level of Memcache

Cluster Level of Memcache

Regional Level of Memcache

Cross-regional Level of Memcache

Evaluation of Memcache

Quiz on Memcache

SILT

Introduction to SILT High-level Design of SILT A Write-friendly Store for SILT: Part I A Write-friendly Store for SILT: Part II A Write-friendly Store for SILT: Part III Intermediary Store(s) in SILT A Memory-efficient Store for SILT: Part I A Memory-efficient Store for SILT: Part II A Memory-efficient Store for SILT: Part III Request Flows in SILT Evaluating and Extending the Design of SILT Quiz on SILT

Amazon DynamoDB

Introduction to DynamoDB High-level Design of DynamoDB No Fixed Schema in DynamoDB Partitioning and Replication in DynamoDB Adapting to Traffic Patterns in DynamoDB Durability and Correctness in DynamoDB Ensuring High Availability in DynamoDB Quiz on DynamoDB

Concurrency Management

Introduction to Concurrency Management

Two-phase Locking (2PL)

Introduction to Two-Phase Locking (2PL)Analysis and Evaluation of Two-Phase Locking (2PL)Quiz on 2PL

Google Chubby Locking Service

Introduction to Chubby Detailed Design of Chubby: Part I Detailed Design of Chubby: Part II Detailed Design of Chubby: Part III Detailed Design of Chubby: Part IV The Rationale Behind Chubby’s Design Evaluation of Chubby Quiz on Chubby

ZooKeeper

Introduction to ZooKeeper Detailed Design of ZooKeeper Primitives of ZooKeeper Evaluation of ZooKeeper Quiz on ZooKeeper

Big Data Processing: Batch to Stream Processing

Introduction to Big Data Processing Systems

MapReduce

System Design: MapReduce High-level Design of MapReduce MapReduce: Detailed Design Design Refinements in MapReduce: Part I Design Refinements in MapReduce: Part II MapReduce: Evaluation Concluding MapReduce Quiz on MapReduce

Spark

Introduction to Spark Requirements of Spark High-level Design of Spark Resilient Distributed Datasets of Spark Parallel Operations in Spark Shared Variables in Spark Detailed Design of Spark Refinements in Spark Evaluation of Spark Quiz on Spark

Kafka

Introduction to Kafka High-level Design of Kafka Detailed Design of Kafka Efficiency of Kafka Distributed Coordination in Kafka Delivery Guarantees of Kafka Evaluation of Kafka Quiz on Kafka

Consensus

Introduction to Consensus in Distributed Systems

Understanding Consensus: Two Generals, FLP, & Byzantine Generals

Consensus Prerequisites and Two Generals' Problem FLP Impossibility The Byzantine Generals Problem Let AI Evaluate Your Understanding of Consensus Fundamentals

Two-phase Commit

Introduction to Two-Phase Commit (2PC)Working of the Two-Phase Commit Protocol Failures in the Two-Phase Commit Protocol Quiz on Two-Phase Commit

State Machine Replication

Introduction to State Machine Replication State Machines Replication and Coordination of State Machines Ordering Requests: Part I Ordering Requests: Part II Fault Tolerance for Outputs and Clients Protocols for Maintaining Fault Tolerance: Part I Protocols for Maintaining Fault Tolerance: Part II SMR in Practice Via a Log Quiz on State Machine Replication

Paxos

Introduction to Paxos Basic Paxos Protocol Design Basic Paxos in Action The Rationale behind Paxos Design Choices Multi-Paxos Quiz on Paxos

Raft

Introduction to Raft Raft's Basics and High-Level Workflow Raft's Leader Election Protocol Raft's Log Replication Protocol Raft's Safety, Fault-Tolerance, and Availability Protocols Raft's Cluster Membership Changes Log Compaction and Client Interaction in Raft Quiz on Raft

Epilogue

Quiz on Memcache

Test your understanding of concepts related to the design of a scaled Memcache system via a quiz.

Question 1

What advantage do we attain from using a key-value store cache instead of directly reading and writing to a SQL database?

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