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System Design Interviews Quiz
Test your understanding of the concepts covered in this chapter.
Question 1 of 5
In a system design context, what is the primary benefit and risk associated with a Write-Back (Write-Behind) caching strategy?
Immediate disk consistency, with the risk of high latency during read operations.
Extremely low write latency, with the risk of data loss if the cache server crashes before data is written back to the database.
Zero memory footprint, with the risk of slower read times for popular data.
Prevents any database locks, with the risk of high CPU overhead on cache eviction.
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