Interview Prep Zoneby CuriouserLabs
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Replication

Leader-follower, multi-leader and leaderless topologies, sync vs async durability, quorum reads and writes, replication lag and conflict resolution.

  1. 1

    Leader–follower, multi-leader, leaderless — what does each buy you, and what does each cost?

    senior
  2. 2

    Synchronous vs asynchronous replication — what exactly do you lose on failover?

    senior
  3. 3

    Explain quorum reads and writes: why R + W > N, and where the guarantee leaks.

    staff🎬 animated
  4. 4

    Your read replicas are 8 seconds behind under load. Walk through diagnosis and mitigation.

    senior
  5. 5

    Two replicas accepted conflicting writes to the same key. What are your options, and why is last-write-wins so dangerous?

    architect