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Glossary: System Design Basics in Java

Fan-out on write / read

Also written: fan-out on write, fan-out on read

On write, a post is pushed into every follower's feed list when posted (slow post, fast read); on read, posts are stored once and gathered and sorted when a customer opens the feed.

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Fan-outFeedHybrid fan-out