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So I'm trying to learn about system design without having ever encountered large problems from any of my projects. What I'm reading keeps pushing for hash rings
by jimmywetnips 4y ago
So I'm trying to learn about system design without having ever encountered large problems from any of my projects. What I'm reading keeps pushing for hash rings for these types of distribution problems.
Someone who does this stuff for real, do orgs actually just do a hash % serverCount? That's what a startup I worked at did 8 years ago. I thought nobody actually did this anymore though given the benefits of hash rings?
- withinboredom 4y agoIt depends on control and automation. If you can easily migrate things between servers, a hash ring makes more sense. If you are a scrappy startup who has too much traffic/data, you are doing everything manually, including rebalancing and babysitting servers.