Caching Fundamentals — Roadmap Step & Resources
Why caching works, cache hit/miss ratios and what makes data cacheable
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Design
Interview questions
- What makes a piece of data a good or bad candidate for caching?
Study resources
- Caching in distributed systems: A friendly introduction (Video) — Gaurav Sen's well-loved, friendly introduction to why and how caching works.
- Caching (Article) — The System Design Primer's section on caching, hit ratios and cacheable data.
Part of
- Caching — section
- System Design roadmap — the full learning path