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System designHardsd-p055
Subject Data modelingLevel Senior~45 minCommon in Databases & SQL interviewsIndustries Technology

Question

Design a time-series database for metrics: high-cardinality writes, range queries over time windows, and efficient long-term storage.

What a strong answer looks like

Clarify scale and constraints first. Propose a clean component breakdown, then go deep on the hard parts — data model, bottlenecks, consistency, failure modes — and name the trade-offs you are making.

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