Architecture Patterns
Trade-offs in Data Systems Architecture
Every architecture decision is a trade-off - there is no perfect database, no perfect design, only the right trade-off for your specific problem.
CAP TheoremACID PropertiesEventual ConsistencyLatency vs. ThroughputScalability vs. CostRelational Databases (PostgreSQL)NoSQL Databases (Cassandra)Caching (Redis)Message Queues (Kafka)Data Partitioning
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