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The document discusses system design basics and outlines key considerations when designing large systems. It notes that some forethought into architectural design can save time and resources in the future. The document then lists some core building blocks of scalable systems that will be defined in later chapters, including consistent hashing, CAP theorem, load balancing, caching, data partitioning, indexes, proxies, queues, replication, and SQL vs NoSQL. It concludes by stating that the next section will cover the key characteristics of distributed systems.

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The document discusses system design basics and outlines key considerations when designing large systems. It notes that some forethought into architectural design can save time and resources in the future. The document then lists some core building blocks of scalable systems that will be defined in later chapters, including consistent hashing, CAP theorem, load balancing, caching, data partitioning, indexes, proxies, queues, replication, and SQL vs NoSQL. It concludes by stating that the next section will cover the key characteristics of distributed systems.

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System Design Basics

Whenever we are designing a large system, we need to consider a few


things:

1. What are the different architectural pieces that can be used?


2. How do these pieces work with each other?
3. How can we best utilize these pieces: what are the right tradeoffs?

Investing in scaling before it is needed is generally not a smart business


proposition; however, some forethought into the design can save
valuable time and resources in the future. In the following chapters, we
will try to define some of the core building blocks of scalable systems.
Familiarizing these concepts would greatly benefit in understanding
distributed system concepts. In the next section, we will go through
Consistent Hashing, CAP Theorem, Load Balancing, Caching, Data
Partitioning, Indexes, Proxies, Queues, Replication, and choosing
between SQL vs. NoSQL.

Let’s start with the Key Characteristics of Distributed Systems.

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