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Sourav Singh
Hot Key vs Cache Stampede

Sourav Singh

Feb 16, 2024

What is the difference between Hot Key and Cache Stampede as issue both the case is about accessing same piece of data multiple time? Or this name is assigned based on the way the issue is handled?

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IAmLeg
IAmLeg a year ago

Cache stampede: Is a repeated request or duplicate requests on the same cache. This typically is caused either by a malicious client or a badly designed client. This causes multiple unnecessary requests by the same client on the same cache.

Hot key: Often, caches are s...

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