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Scalability vs Reliability vs Availability - Simply Explained (System Design #2)

What separates a good software system from a bad one? It comes down to 5 key characteristics - and most engineers can't clearly explain all of them.

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What separates a good software system from a bad one? It comes down to 5 key characteristics - and most engineers can’t clearly explain all of them.

What’s in the video (7m 2s)

  • 0:00 — What makes a Good System, Good?
  • 1:09 — Key Characteristics of a Good System
  • 1:27 — What is Scalability?
  • 1:57 — Horizontal Scalability (Scaling Out) vs Vertical Scalability (Scaling Up)
  • 2:27 — Availability vs Reliability
  • 2:42 — What is Reliability?
  • 3:25 — What is Availability?
  • 4:14 — Efficiency and Manageability
  • 4:31 — What is Efficiency?
  • 4:50 — What is Manageability?
  • 5:32 — System Design Tradeoffs

Resources

For more in this series, visit the #system-design tag page or jump to the channel uploads list for everything else.

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