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The Framework proposed in this space (Alex Xu) is applied to propose a design : Getting started - a framework to propose... |
Introduction
Step 1 - Understand the problem and establish design scope
Characteristics of unique IDs ? | IDs = unique & sortable |
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Does ID increment by 1 for each new record ? | ID increments by time, but not necessarily by 1. |
IDs contain numerical values ? | Contain numerical values. |
ID length requirement ? | IDs should fit into 64-bit. |
Scale of the system ? | Able to generate 10000 IDs per second. |
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Step 2 - High-level design
Traditional approach - Non-Distributed System
Approach uses a shared counter, the latter increases at each call.