Distributed Key-Value Store

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Problem

Design a distributed key-value store.

Asked in the design stage. Treat this as a practical architecture exercise: define the storage and replication model, then explain how clients and nodes are authenticated, authorized, monitored, and recovered after compromise.

Specify the API, consistency model, partitioning, replication, quorum behavior, and rebalancing strategy.
Define trust boundaries and controls for client access, node-to-node traffic, data at rest, and administrative operations.
Explain behavior during partitions, stale replicas, node compromise, credential theft, and regional failure.
Identify security telemetry, incident response actions, and verification tests.