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Consistent Hashing | The Backend Engineering Show

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

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How Much Data Do I Need to Move Around?

The algorithm goes like this. Anything between the zero and the 50 really needs to be fed in server 50, right? That's the range here that we're looking at right here. So now think of it out as as I add another server. The only change is my neighbor really I'm only gonna bother my neighbor and it's only the neighbor right after me, right? And so and instead of actually bothering all the servers in my cluster, I'm only bothering one server. But it's still there is a cost to it, right? You need to build all that out.

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