Scale a Cache or Rate Limiter Across Multiple Machines

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Discuss how a cache or rate limiter should scale across machines and handle larger state, hot keys, failures, and consistency trade-offs.

Scale a Cache or Rate Limiter Across Multiple Machines

Company: Meta

Role: Software Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Onsite

Overview: Discuss how a cache or rate limiter should scale across machines and handle larger state, hot keys, failures, and consistency trade-offs.

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Aug 25, 2026
mediumSoftware EngineerOnsiteSystem Design
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