The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser

Consistent Hashing | The Backend Engineering Show

Aug 6, 2022

24:42

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The Problem of Distributed Systems

02:34

How Much Data Do I Need to Move Around?

02:23

So, What's Right After 60 Is 90?

02:33

Introduction

2min

Distributed Database

3min

Backend Engineering Show - Anchor by Spotify

2min

Scaling a Single Query Will Give You Better Scalability, Right?

2min

The Problem of Distributed Systems

3min

Using Consistent Hashing

2min

What Is the Best My Key Value 1000 500?

2min

So, What's Right After 60 Is 90?

3min

How Much Data Do I Need to Move Around?

2min

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Adding or Removing a Server?

3min

In this episode of the backend engineering show I discuss consistent hashing a very important algorithm in distributed computing specially in database systems such as Apache Cassandra and DynamoDB. 0:00 Intro 2:00 Problem of Distributed Systems 5:00 When to Distribute 7:00 Simple Hashing 9:30 Where Simple Hashing Breaks 11:40 Consistent Hashing 18:00 Adding a Server 21:15 Removing a Server 22:30 Limitations Buy me a coffee https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hnasr

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