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PROFESSIONAL-DATA-ENGINEER · Question #122
Which is the preferred method to use to avoid hotspotting in time series data in Bigtable?
The correct answer is A. Field promotion. Explanation/Reference: By default, prefer field promotion. Field promotion avoids hotspotting in almost all cases, and it tends to make it easier to design a row key that facilitates queries.
Submitted by akirajp· Mar 30, 2026Designing data processing systems
Question
Which is the preferred method to use to avoid hotspotting in time series data in Bigtable?
Options
- AField promotion
- BRandomization
- CSalting
- DHashing
How the community answered
(23 responses)- A78% (18)
- B4% (1)
- C4% (1)
- D13% (3)
Explanation
Explanation/Reference: By default, prefer field promotion. Field promotion avoids hotspotting in almost all cases, and it tends to make it easier to design a row key that facilitates queries.
Topics
#Cloud Bigtable#hotspotting#time series#field promotion
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