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comos234
comos234

Reputation: 31

System design for url shortener

In the constraints video of https://www.hiredintech.com/classrooms/system-design/lesson/55, the narrator has to estimate the requests per month that should be handled. After reaching a figure of 100 MLN new urls per month to be generated (as a result of shortening), he states the following approximations:-

1) Each url has an average lifetime of 2 weeks

2) 20% urls generate 80 % traffic

With the above in mind , he did some 'quick math' and came to a figure of 1 BN request per month to be handled.

Can someone say how he calculated such a figure?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 627

Answers (2)

Arnab Dutta
Arnab Dutta

Reputation: 155

@cosmos234

Now you can find the details in my deductions published on HiredIntech. On the same page search by:

UPDATE: Arnab Dutta sent us a great diagram with alternative ways to estimate the requests per month. You can find it here.

Upvotes: 1

Hiresh
Hiresh

Reputation: 89

Design a URL shortner here you can find detailed explanation of each calculations.

Upvotes: -1

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