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[ INFO ] category: System Design  difficulty: hard  freq: high  first seen: 2026-01-13
[HARD][SYSTEM DESIGN][HIGH]data_engineeringDistributed Systemswebmachine_learningbackendReplicationinfrastructureStorage
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Design a distributed blob storage system similar to Amazon S3.
Requirements:
Store and retrieve arbitrary binary objects (blobs)
Support very large files (GB+)
High durability (data should not be lost)
High availability
Support for metadata
Key Components:
Blob storage layer (chunking for large files)
Metadata service
Replication for durability
Caching layer
Discussion Points:
How to handle very large files (chunking strategies)
Consistency vs availability tradeoffs
Deduplication strategies
Access control and security
Geographic distribution
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