data compaction vs data compression
copact = lossless
compression = lossy
what does a bloom filter test for
the element is either
definitly not in the set
might be in the set
basic needs of a sys like amazon or similar
highly availble sys with failure resilience
failure handling shouldnt impact availablity or performance
why does amazon not store state in relational database
functionality of RDBMS not required for amazon tasks
store and retreive data by primary key
doesnt require complex querying and management
hwo does synamo parition
thorugh hashing
consistant hashing vs non-consistant hashing
when a non-consistant hash table is resized it needs to rehash complete table