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Storage Types Used on Cloud Computing Platforms

DZone

Because of the emergence of cloud services, a broad range of storage choices are now easily available to fulfill the different demands of both organizations and people. These storage alternatives have been designed to meet a range of requirements, including performance, scalability, durability, and price.

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Designing Instagram

High Scalability

Design a photo-sharing platform similar to Instagram where users can upload their photos and share it with their followers. High Level Design. Component Design. API Design. We have provided the API design of posting an image on Instagram below. Problem Statement. Sending and receiving messages from other users.

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What is a Distributed Storage System

Scalegrid

A distributed storage system is foundational in today’s data-driven landscape, ensuring data spread over multiple servers is reliable, accessible, and manageable. Understanding distributed storage is imperative as data volumes and the need for robust storage solutions rise.

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Metadata Synchronization in Alluxio: Design, Implementation, and Optimization

DZone

Metadata synchronization (sync) is a core feature in Alluxio that keeps files and directories consistent with their source of truth in under-storage systems, thus making it simple for users to reason the data retrieved from Alluxio. This article describes the design and the implementation in Alluxio to keep metadata synchronized.

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Data privacy by design: How an observability platform protects data security

Dynatrace

Creating an ecosystem that facilitates data security and data privacy by design can be difficult, but it’s critical to securing information. When organizations focus on data privacy by design, they build security considerations into cloud systems upfront rather than as a bolt-on consideration. Why perform exclusion at two points?

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Dynatrace achieves AWS Outposts Ready designation

Dynatrace

We’re therefore excited to announce that Dynatrace has received the AWS Outposts Service Ready designation. The post Dynatrace achieves AWS Outposts Ready designation appeared first on Dynatrace blog. The AWS Service Ready Program was established to support the seamless integration and deployment of AWS services.

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Article: Magic Pocket: Dropbox’s Exabyte-Scale Blob Storage System

InfoQ

A horizontally scalable exabyte-scale blob storage system which operates out of multiple regions, Magic Pocket is used to store all of Dropbox’s data. Adopting SMR technology and erasure codes, the system has extremely high durability guarantees but is cheaper than operating in the cloud. By Facundo Agriel

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