Design distributed log storage service
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This question evaluates a candidate's expertise in designing distributed storage systems, covering partitioned append-only logs, high-throughput writes and reads, replication, retention, indexing, compaction, leader/follower roles, and recovery mechanisms.
How would you design storage for distributed data logs supporting append-only writes, retention policies, partitioning, replication, and high-throughput sequential reads? Detail segment management, compaction, indexing, leader and follower roles, and recovery.
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