Decision Memos
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- AnalysisBeginnerNew
Choose a Hash Table vs Trie for a URL-Shortener Cache
Implement (1) a hash-table cache with linear probing and (2) a compressed trie cache, both with the same eviction policy (LRU). Measure (a) p50/p99 lookup latency, (b) memory fo…
- Hash Tables
- Trie Data Structure
- Benchmarking
Data Structures - AnalysisBeginnerNew
Pick a NoSQL Store for an Event-Stream Sidecar Cache
Set up identical 3-node clusters of Redis 7, KeyDB, and DragonflyDB on equivalent hardware. Run the team's captured 24-hour workload trace (around 180k ops/second, 80/20 read/wr…
- Nosql
- Redis
- Benchmarking
Introduction to Database Systems
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