Leader Follower Database Replication

Code with Irtiza · Beginner ·🔧 Backend Engineering ·4y ago

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Let’s talk about one of the most common database replication architecture, called leader-follower architecture. It’s very common in relational database systems such as PostgreSQL and MySQL. In this architecture, your writes are handled by a leader node while all your reads are served be followers/replica nodes. 00:00 Intro 00:33 Example 01:50 How Does Replication Happen? 03:45 Kafka & Change Data Capture 06:15 How are READs and WRITEs differentiated? 07:45 Practical Examples 08:05 Replication Lag or Replication Delay 10:00 Replication Lag Solutions 15:27 Future Videos & Outro #database #systemDesign Visit me at: https://irtizahafiz.com Reach me at: irtizahafiz9@gmail.com

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Let’s talk about one of the most common database replication architecture, called leader-follower architecture. It’s very common in relational database systems such as PostgreSQL and MySQL. In this architecture, your writes are handled by a leader node while all your reads are served be followers/replica nodes. 00:00 Intro 00:33 Example 01:50 How Does Replication Happen? 03:45 Kafka & Change Data Capture 06:15 How are READs and WRITEs differentiated? 07:45 Practical Examples 08:05 Replication Lag or Replication Delay 10:00 Replication Lag Solutions 15:27 Future Videos & Outro #database #systemDesign Visit me at: https://irtizahafiz.com Reach me at: irtizahafiz9@gmail.com

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Chapters (9)

Intro

0:33 Example

1:50 How Does Replication Happen?

3:45 Kafka & Change Data Capture

6:15 How are READs and WRITEs differentiated?

7:45 Practical Examples

8:05 Replication Lag or Replication Delay

10:00 Replication Lag Solutions

15:27 Future Videos & Outro

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