System Design · Scalability & Reliability
Scalability & Reliability
Designing systems that handle load and survive failure.
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Chapter One
Scalability Fundamentals
What Scalability Actually Means
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Scalability Fundamentals
This chapter covers what scalability means in practice — horizontal vs vertical scaling, stateless design, and the dimensions of scale.
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Chapter Two
Reliability Patterns
Building Systems That Survive Failure
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Reliability Patterns
This chapter covers the patterns that make systems resilient: circuit breakers, retries with jitter, bulkheads, and timeout propagation.
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Chapter Three
Availability Deep Dive
The Nines and What They Cost
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Availability Deep Dive
This chapter covers the availability nines, MTBF/MTTR, active-active vs active-passive HA, and the real cost of each additional nine.
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Chapter Four
Performance Patterns
Latency vs Throughput vs Resources
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Performance Patterns
This chapter covers latency vs throughput, Little's Law, and the performance optimization patterns used in production systems.
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Chapter Five
CAP Theorem in Practice
What You Actually Choose Between
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CAP Theorem in Practice
This chapter demystifies CAP theorem by mapping real databases to their CAP properties and extending the analysis with PACELC for production decisions.
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