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18th March 2008 - Link Blog

Consistent Hashing. Beautifully clear explanation of consistent hashing, a simple technique that allows you to add new caching servers to a cluster without re-hashing your keys and hence invalidating all of your caches.

Posted 18th March 2008 at 1 am

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