HardDesign: File Storage System (Google Drive/Dropbox)
What is content-defined chunking (CDC) and how does it improve deduplication?
— Tests your understanding of this concept.
Answer Options
AChunking based on file type
BVariable-size chunking that detects content boundaries, improving dedup for files with insertions/deletions
CCompression-based chunking
DFixed 4MB chunks with content-aware names
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