Design device telemetry pipeline for real-time and batch

Q: Design device telemetry pipeline for real-time and batch

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Question

Design a distributed system that ingests telemetry from millions of devices and supports both:

Real-time analytics (near-real-time dashboards/alerts)
Batch analytics (historical queries, aggregates, offline jobs)

Cover:

Data ingestion (protocols, auth, buffering)
Storage choices for hot vs cold data
Stream processing vs batch processing
Schema/partitioning strategy
Scalability, reliability, and cost considerations
A minimal set of APIs/queries you want to support

Design device telemetry pipeline for real-time and batch

Solution

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