What is Lift & Shift Migration to the Cloud? – An In-Depth Insight
This write-up is an in-depth insight into the Lift & Shift cloud migration strategy. It covers all the frequently asked questions about it such as What is Lift & Shift? When to consider this particular strategy amongst the other cloud migration strategies available when moving…
Distributed Cache 101 – The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need
This write-up is an in-depth guide on Distributed Cache. It does cover all the frequently asked questions about it such as What is a distributed cache? What is the need for it? How is it architecturally different from the traditional caching? What are the use…
Facebook Real-time Chat Architecture Scaling With Over Multi-Billion Messages Daily
This is my second write-up on Facebook architecture. In the first, I covered the databases, the persistence tech used @Facebook. In this write-up, I will talk about the real-time chat architecture of Facebook which scales with over multi-billion messages sent every single day. What technologies…
Twitter’s Migration to Google Cloud – An Architectural Insight
This is my second write-up on the infrastructure @Twitter. In the first, I delved into the database technologies leveraged by the social platform to store petabytes of data generated every single day. Twitter needs no introduction, it’s is one of the most popular social networks…
What Is an Instance In Cloud Computing? – A Thorough Guide
This write-up is a thorough insight into the Instances on the cloud. In the cloud computing universe, you hear the term all the time. Instances spinning up based on the demand, Instances going down. I’ll cover all the frequently asked questions on it such as…
What Database Does Twitter Use? – A Deep Dive
This write-up is a deep insight into the persistence layer of Twitter. It does answer all our questions about it in depth such as What database does it use? Is it SQL, NoSQL, a polyglot persistent system? How does it store hundreds of millions of tweets…
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