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Which row keys are likely to cause a disproportionate number of reads and/or writes on a particular node in a Bigtable cluster (select 2 answers)?
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Submitted by tarun92· Mar 30, 2026Designing data processing systems
Question
Which row keys are likely to cause a disproportionate number of reads and/or writes on a particular node in a Bigtable cluster (select 2 answers)?
Options
- AA sequential numeric ID
- BA timestamp followed by a stock symbol
- CA non-sequential numeric ID
- DA stock symbol followed by a timestamp
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#Bigtable hotspots#row key design#sequential keys#timestamp antipatterns