Data Center

System Design Interview - Chapter 4 - Design a Rate Limiter

System Design Interview - Chapter 4 - Design a Rate Limiter

Translations: RU
Every popular software should have a Rate Limiter. It prevents DDOS attack, reduces cost and prevents servers from being overloaded. There are some tricky questions to be considered during implementation of Rate Limiter: Where to put Rate Limiter: client-side, server-side, gateway? Algorithms for rate limiting. There are many algorithms with pros and cons: Token bucket, Leaking bucket, Fixed window counter, Sliding window log, Sliding window counter. Your business needs will define the right algorithm.
System Design Interview - Chapter 1 - Scale from zero to millions of users

System Design Interview - Chapter 1 - Scale from zero to millions of users

Translations: RU
A great generic plan for scaling any app from zero to millions of users. Single server setup Selection and usage of database Vertical scaling vs horizontal scaling approaches. And why you should prefer horizontal Adding load balancer for horizontal scaling Adding database replication for horizontal scaling Adding cache Adding CDN Stateless vs Stateful architecture and using external state storage Adding extra Data Centers Adding Message queue Adding Logging, Metrics, and Automation Scaling database (sharding) and futher steps… All of these is carefully but briefly disclosed in the Chapter 1 of the book: