System Design: Consistent Hashing

Unlocking the power of efficient data partitioning in distributed databases like Cassandra and Dynamo DB.

Introduction

We are living in a world where data is massively generated every day. In large corporations, it is practically impossible to store all the data on a single server. That is why we need horizontal scaling where every data part is stored on a separate server.

Contrary to vertical scaling where we can simply store all the data in a single place, with horizontal …

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