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<B>From: </B>Paul Clifford <BR>
<B>Subject: </B>Consistent hashing<BR>
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Interesting (and fairly short) post about consistent hashing, and how to use it to avoid having your database fall over under load when adding or removing caches:<BR>
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<a href="http://www.spiteful.com/2008/03/17/programmers-toolbox-part-3-consistent-hashing/">http://www.spiteful.com/2008/03/17/programmers-toolbox-part-3-consistent-hashing/</a> <BR>
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