Cache Placement (Client, CDN, Server) — Roadmap Step & Resources
Where caches live along the request path: browser, CDN, application, database
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: System Design
Before this step
Study resources
- Caching Strategies and How to Choose the Right One (Article) — A widely-referenced overview of where caches live along the request path.
- Caching in distributed systems: A friendly introduction (Video) — Covers where caching fits across the client, CDN, application and database layers.
Part of
- Caching — section
- System Design roadmap — the full learning path