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Round Robin: Request Number to Server with MOD, Requests per Server and Uneven Speeds

Lesson 1 of 815 minLab

This lesson is part of the course

In this lesson

You hand out 12 requests round robin to three servers with MOD, count what each server receives, work out how long each one is busy and see why equal shares are unfair when one server is slower.

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Lessons in this course

  1. Round Robin: Request Number to Server with MOD, Requests per Server and Uneven SpeedsLab15 min Locked
  2. Weighted Round Robin: Weights, Expected Shares, a Weighted Cycle and Its ErrorLab15 min Locked
  3. Least Connections: Open Connections per Step, Chosen Server with MIN + MATCH, Finishing RequestsLab15 min Locked
  4. Hash Mod N: Given Hash Values, Server = MOD(hash, N), Keys per Server and ImbalanceLab15 min Locked
  5. The Cost of Rehashing: From N to N + 1 Servers, Keys That Move and Why It Is So HighLab15 min Locked
  6. Consistent Hashing: Servers and Keys on a Ring, Next Server Clockwise and Keys Moved When a Server JoinsLab15 min Locked
  7. Virtual Nodes: Several Positions per Server, Arcs of the Ring, Load Spread and How Many to UseLab15 min Locked
  8. Capacity & Failover: Servers for a Target Utilisation, N + 1, Load After a Failure and a ChartLab15 min Locked