System Design
Design a Multi-Provider Weather Forecast Service
Asked by:Postman
cachingdata_modelingmulti_regionrate_limitingconsistency
Problem Overview & Requirements
Design current and seven-day forecast reads across unreliable third-party providers.
Key Pillars: High Availability, Low Latency, Scalability, Fault Tolerance.
Topics & Components: caching, data_modeling, multi_region, rate_limiting, consistency.
System Design Breakdown
1. Requirements & Scope
Functional & non-functional requirements, DAU/MAU estimates, read/write throughput.
2. High Level Architecture
API Gateway, Load Balancers, Application Microservices, Caching Layer & Message Queue.
3. Data Model & Storage
SQL vs NoSQL selection, schema design, sharding keys, indexing, and replication strategy.
4. Bottlenecks & Trade-offs
CAP theorem trade-offs, consistency models, rate limiting, and cache invalidation strategies.