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[ INFO ] category: System Design  difficulty: hard  freq: high  first seen: 2026-01-13
[HARD][SYSTEM DESIGN][HIGH]data_engineeringDistributed SystemswebCAP TheoremConsistencymachine_learningDatabasebackendinfrastructure
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Design a distributed key-value store with high availability and scalability.
Requirements:
Basic get/set/delete operations
High availability (survive node failures)
Horizontal scalability
Configurable consistency levels
Key Components:
Data Partitioning (consistent hashing)
Replication Strategy
Consistency Model (eventual, strong, quorum)
Failure Detection and Recovery
Discussion Points:
CAP theorem tradeoffs
Read/write quorum configurations
Conflict resolution (LWW, vector clocks)
Gossip protocol for membership
Compaction and garbage collection
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