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Requirements of a Blob Store's Design

Define the functional and non-functional requirements essential for a scalable blob store, emphasizing durability and high availability. Calculate resource estimations for servers, storage, and bandwidth using real-world data modeling.

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Requirements

Let’s understand the functional and non-functional requirements:

Functional requirements

  • Create a containerA container is like a folder in a file system used to group blobs. Don’t mix up this container with a Docker container.: Users create containers to group blobs (e.g., separating user data or media types). A single user can own multiple containers, each holding many blobs. We assume containers cannot be nested.