Design a Distributed Cache System
Design a service that provides distributed caching capabilities.
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Design a Distributed Cache
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Late August, 2025
Manager
Imagine there is a database which has all the data and we need to cache that to a caching system to serve data to 10 different geographic locations with very low latency. How would you setup the cache system, explain why this cache system will be fast.
Early August, 2025
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Early August, 2025
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