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Designing for Traffic Spikes

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Beacon Talent
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Interviewer

Welcome to your interview for the DevOps Engineer role at Beacon Talent.

The question is on your right: Designing for Traffic Spikes. Take a moment with it first.

Talk your thinking through with me if you like - when you're confident, submit your answer and I'll grade it like a real screen. You have three graded attempts to score 7/10 or better.

Only Submit answer is graded - discussion is free practice.

Problem

How would you design a system to handle traffic spikes during peak usage?