System Design

Overview

System design principles and patterns for building scalable applications.

Key Concepts

Architecture Patterns

• Microservices
• Monolithic
• Serverless
• Event-driven

Scalability

• Horizontal vs Vertical scaling
• Load balancing
• Caching strategies
• Database sharding

Reliability

• Fault tolerance
• Redundancy
• Monitoring
• Disaster recovery

Design Process

1. Requirements gathering
2. Capacity estimation
3. System interface design
4. Data model design
5. High-level design
6. Detailed design
7. Scalability considerations

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